Field notes, v503
Page 219
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Lee Arnold 1937 Meotoma lepida near Smith Creek Cave, 5,600ft., Mt. Horizh, White Pine Co., Nevada. June4 In a trapline set along the flat east of camp I caught 10 Meotoma lepida. Nearly all of those were immature — six were ♂ and four ♀. Many of them were cought where there was no sign of a nest or burrow. As I setout a line of exactly 100 traps directly down the middle of the canyon at an average of 40 ft. apart I think it would be valuable to note the exact trap each of the rats was cought in, the relative age, the sex and general idea of the height where the trap was placed. 1. [19]; ♀; Imm; Under overhanging rock 2. [20]; ♀; Imm; Beside pile of debris next to creek — Sand, gravel and small rocks. 3. [21]; ♂; Imm; Beside rock (5'x4'x2'), next to prickly pear cactus. 4. [42]; ♀; Imm; Open space 10 yds. west of nest. 5. [43]; ♀; Imm; Under Artemesia, ten feet south of rocks with a suggestion of nest. 6. [46]; ♂; Adult; This animal was still alive, It. had drug the trap 10 feet. It was near a particle nest. 7. [57]; ♂; Imm; About 100 yards east of #46. 8. [81]; ♂; Imm; Found eight yards south of