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Crickaon
1934
3
Peromyscus crinatus
Specimen 219, ?, 100 or more feet from last; over small
hump; at top of steep rock slope; trap in run between
rock and bush; no definite hole near but many
rock crevices; testes enlarging. Specimen 218, ? taken
twenty feet from last on flat 2 x 1ft. between solid
rock and trunk of stout stemmed plant; a few sheep
dropping on coarse sand where trap set; testes very
large.
Tule Tank
Jan. 20, 1934.
Specimen caught alive and saved yesterday revived
and was lively during afternoon; but died during night;
was put in box with cotton, but failed to make any
attempt to use it. When weighed yesterday stood on
platform of scales; thrusting nose over edge; vibrissae
twitched back and forth slightly; when attempted to lift it
fell off scales; recovered; at no time made any attempt
to bite.
Took four specimens in traps on south west facing
slope of canyon 800 ft. below tank in traps up steep rock
female.
slope and ledge on side of ridge east of tank; one, taken
on flat space between large boulders; stout red barked bush near.
no. 230
Caught by nose, eaten by ants; not saved. One, a male, caught by
tail and hind leg; on flat-ledge 100 ft. above mesa; large
boulders on much weathered granite; not saved; measurements
179-108-20-21, nos., 9-60g. Specimen 237, still alive; caught
by tail; trap on small flat area beside large rocks; bushy-
plant, with holly like leaves near.