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Lee Arnold Horse Canyon, 5,800 ft Pahrum Pk., Washoe Co., Nevada
1937
Itinerary
May28 apparent, however, that wood rats were present
by the sign along the ledges of the cave.
Evidently they hopped from ledge to ledge to
avoid getting into the water. The 7th cave
contained nothing of interest while the
8th cave was partly submerged by water.
May29 Yesterday afternoon I ran a trapping line of 75 traps
west of the camp. Fifty of the traps were
along or near the streambed while the rest were
in the brush up a side canyon below the location
of the mines. I also set out four gopher
traps (sets) near camp and one about 1/4 mile
down the road. In two of the mines I set
rat traps for wood rats. In the traps set
along the creek I caught three Peromyscus
maniculatus and one Microtus mordax. In the
traps set up the side canyon I caught one
Perognathus parvus. In the traps set in and
around the mines I caught one & Neotoma
cinerea and two Peromyscus maniculatus.
In the gopher traps near camp I caught
one ? Thomomys quadratus. The habitat of these
specimens will be described in the species
accounts.
May30 Yesterday afternoon Dr. Fitch and I drove down canyon
to set our traps. We stopped at a farmhouse on
the way down to enquire as to where we could
find various animals. The fellow living there told us