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Mayhew
1961
Journal
37.
June 4 Northern Baja California, Mexico
for a sandy habitat, there seem to
be relatively few animals living here.
The dominant perennials are Prosopis
juliflora, Larrea divaricata, Ephedra sp.
with such plants as Coldenia plicata, etc.
forming an understory. The dominants
all looked in good shape with
lots of leaves. However, animals +
tracks were not at all plentiful.
We captured 2 Uma notata, 1 Crepidophorus
tigris, & 1 Diposaurus dorsalis. We
also saw 4 other Uma, 1 Diposaurus,
& 1 Crepidophorus. At 0930 we drove
north toward Mexicali until we reached
La Puerta. There we turned east to
cross the Colorado River near
Kilometro 57 and Riito.
Northern Sonora, Mexico
We drove through farmland until
we reached San Luis. Then we drove
east on Highway 2 into the Gran
Desierto. Fourteen miles east of San
Luis we tried to leave the highway
and drive south to some sand
dunes that looked like the Kelso Dunes in
the Mojave Desert. However, about a mile
from the highway the sand became
so soft under the heavy load we
were carrying that the vehicle became
stuck even in 4-wheel drive. We