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Gilmore
1976
Cabazon, 1700 Riverside County, California
March 16, 1926
1. Gopher $\#605$. 603-53-27-4.
Dry sandy wash association near mount base.
2. Gopher. & 70.5 C. 185-53-26-4
Dry sandy wash association near the
foot of Mt. San Jacinto.
3. Alligator Lizard. Running through dry
sticks near tree on dry bottom of
Whitewater River, at foot of Mt San
Jacinto, Cabazon Riverside Co. Calif.
Spent most of the day looking for
gopher holes and setting traps in
them. Most of the gophers caught
(6 out of 8) were small, averaging
about 60 grams in weight, while two
were large, averaging 108 grams. The
small gophers may represent immature
gophers or a different sub-species.
Both kinds of gophers, however, were
cought in the same association;
sandy soil from washes or on the
low flat fields. The ground is
sparsely covered over with desert
vegetation, e.g. cholla, greasewood, etc.
The locality consists in the main of
a long narrow valley hemmed in on
the southern and northern sides
by high mountains and hills.