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Boulevard, Ft.
1942
Perognathus californicus
Apr. 4 Mud Creek, 700 ft., 3 1/2 mi. SW San Juan, Monterey Co., Calif.
One specimen was taken in a line of 134 Museum Special
traps baited with peanut butter-rolled oats or acacia walnut
and set all the way around a rather loaf-like hill
in thick chaparral just below the bald, gray face. This
specimen, a male, was trapped in an open stand of
Artemisia californica where we extended the end of our
trapline down toward camp.
Apr. 8 Muddy Creek, 1000 ft., 1 mi. S Chualar Canyon, Monterey Co., Calif.
One male was taken in a line of 127 traps set along
the edge of the wood road in Artemisia californica (dominant),
Baccharis sp. and Salvia mellifera.
Apr. 10 Johnson Ranch, 900 ft., Chualar Canyon, Monterey Co., Calif.
Six were caught in a line of 120 traps placed on the
margin between a field of young grain and a stand
of Artemisia californica with a grassy undergrowth.
Five of the animals were male. The one female possessed
no embryos. Three of the mice were badly eaten in
the head and neck region, making them unsuitable
for specimens. No other mice collected (Peromyscus,
Reithrodontomy, Microtus) showed evidence of such
predation.