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1973
June 28
5 mi. N. Benton Station, Mono Co., Calif.
Arrived about 3:00 P.M. in a sagebrush
flat some 5 to 5½ mi. N. Benton
Station on Hwy 6. A survey of the
area revealed few holes, but in view
of the time, we decided we would have
to camp here. The presence of
D. microps in a sagebrush locality
would be significant anyway.
We drove on to make camp at Montgomery
Pass, el. 7160 ft., in Nevada among
Pursh and juniper. We returned at
7:00 to set traps perpendicular to
Truman Meadows Road some ½ mi.
n. of Hwy 6 and 6 mi. N. Benton Station.
We set 73 ten inch Sherman live traps
baited with oatmeal. We left at dusk
June 29.
We had fair luck, catching 17 animals
of 9 species—more or less. Three
varieties of Perognathus were present,
a small silky one (longimembris), a
medium size of moderate pelage stiffness
(= pervex) and a quite large one that
appeared silky. Four Dipodomyss were
cought, no sexes being visible in my
eye for three of them, the other being
ordis. A Nestoma, 2 Perognathus, perhaps
of different species, were caught as
well, and a Harvest mouse max Tabber.
We collected plants, both sage and