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Suite,
Blair.
1973
Journal
July 24
9 mi. SW Austin, Lander Co., Nev.
Arrived on trap site at 6:00 AM. It
was quite cold, 50°F or less. In
the 50 traps we set we got 4 Ripidolus
ardii, 2 Perognathus sp., and 1
Microdipodops megacephalus. The
kangaroo mice were torpid, but seed
was left in the trap. Three of the
D. ardi was taken from a single
burrow complex. This re-confirms the
association of dipos with burrows of
the appropriate size. Of the 3, one
was a juvenile. It seems that D. ardi
is found in montana sage isolates,
but that D. microps is not.
2 mi. W. Railroad Pass, Lander Co., Nev.
We drove a short distance south west on
SR 2 to Railroad pass, then took a dirt road
that headed due west into Smith's Creek
Valley at 2 mi. W. Railroad pass. The road
cut over a dune complex 100 yds wide at
most and 250 yds long. Here burrows
were abundant, so we set 74 traps
out. The remaining 27 traps were
set at the edge of the smaller dry
lake, about 400 yds north of the
road (see map). On the way to