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W.B. Davis
1935.
Mammals examined from Idaho in the
Chas. R. Conner Mus, Pullman, Wash.
473,
Remarks about Peromyscus artemisiae.
There is considerable variation in color,
ranging from light - nearly gambelii type -
Nos 346 + 95 - to very dark # 335. These
extremes are extremes of summer and winter
coat color. However, when summer taken
animals are compared, # 95 + 346 are still
much lighter; the sides are more fulvous;
the mid dorsal area is not so dark.
All the mice have very distinctly bicolored
tails, nearly black dorsally, whitish below.
In summer, the eye ring is not so dark
and conspicuous. All the specimens are
very much lighter than sonoricensis.
skulls of Peromyscus m. artemisiae.
No. Sex Basilar Zygomatic Length Inter-
Cranial Depth* Length Length Breadth Length of
of Hensel breadth of Nasals orbital of Skull of Palate Incisive Rostrum Maxillary
teeth,
breadth. breadth. width. Foramen teeth,
578♂ad 19.1 13.1 10.6 4.0 11.2 7.8 4.1 5.7 4.5 3.6
346♂ad 20.3 - 10.6 4.1 11.5 7.7 4.3 5.8 4.2 3.7
562♂ad 19.0 13.0 9.9 3.9 11.1 7.1 3.8 5.5 4.3 3.3
572♀ ad in. 19.0 - 9.6 3.9 11.5 7.1 4.1 5.2 4.1 3.7
336♀ - - 9.9 3.9 11.3 7.1 4.0 5.2 4.1 3.8
49.
337♀ 18.1 - 9.2 4.2 11.5 7.3 4.0 5.0 4.1 3.7
* measured back of molariform teeth with calipers transverse to long axis of skull.