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J. Chatti
Microdipodops megacephalus
July 31 N.E. edge Alkali lake, 4200ft., Lake Co., Oregon
Caught 2 ? specimens in drifted sand
near greasewood brush. Soil is soft
and sandy. Vegetation surround
is greasewood with some sagebrush.
Mice were caught about 50 yds
West of N.E. edge of the dry lake bed
of Alkali Lake. Burrows fairly
abundant in vicinity resembling
those of Perognathus. Tail marks
inferred to be those of Microdipodops are
about 2-4 in. long and fairly thick (wide).
In comparison they are wider than
the tail mark of Perognathus farvus
and shorter but of about the same
width as those made by Dipodomys
cordii.