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WB Davis
1935.
Elba, Cassia Co., Idaho. June 12,
of which were young and were
not collected. They were living in
the rock slides chiefly, but on
the top of the ridge between Conner Canyon and Elba I found them
occupying burrows in the open
ground in the vicinity of flat
shale-like rocks.
In Conner Canyon I collected one
Citellus armatus, but I am sure I
saw an oregonicus. These two,
I believe are distinct species and, I
believe, are occupying the same
ecological niche in this zone of
overlap near Albion.
There is still considerable snow_
on the ground in protected areas.
Near one of these I "jumped" a Snow-shoe Rabbit - Lepus townsendii - and
it went jumping away over the
snow in a manner much like
that of a deer. She was collected
and contained 8 embryos which were
nearly ready to be born. The eyes
were open - of the embryos - and there
was a considerable growth of fur. One
was made up into a study skin.
There were numerous House Mice