Field notes, v576
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Centi, Blair 1913 Depodonys microps Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Berkeley, Cal. Nov. 3. The past week has been unseasonably warm. My specimens from Wolf's Hole, which had been maintaining their weight on a dry seed diet under ordinary day & night conditions, foot weight drastically - up to 20% of body weight in some instances. Of course, in their humerus such stresses wouldn't occur, but it underscores the role of temperature and humidity in the water balance of this species. Nov. 15 2 mi. E. Big Pine, Inyo Co., California Caught 3 D. microps, 1 dead, last night. Began excavating burrow systems, so far removed bodies of A. constricta & reptoids and 5 sculpates (o's). Caught total of 6 D. microps and 3 D. memorius. Of the 6 microps, 2 had frozen to death, therefore I am left with a total of 7 live specimens from this locality. I excavated a burrow system in front of which I caught a D. microps. What I found tends to confirm Wemyss's findings (pgs). Two leg caches, one atrophy. The other sculpates. Many burrow passages were lined with Atroples body.