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Journal
Hafner, U.S.
1977
2.4 km. S., 5.0 km. W Mission Santo Domingo, 30 m.
Baja California Mexico.
7 July (cont)
We kept the Dipodomys then drove to the locality near the mission (which is, by the way, merely ruins now - built in 1775).
2.4 km. W Mission Santo Domingo, 22 m.,
Baja California, México.
Results: 8 Dipodomys
success:
10/100
P. maniculatus
Neotoma
10
I picked up a Vulpes macrotis skull in very good condition - according to Hall and Kelson there are very few records of kit-foxes in Baja.
We drove back to the first locality and prepared the Dipodomys.
1000 - departed this locality and drove south on Hwy 1. The habitat began to change conspicuously as we headed east of El Rosario. We encountered thicker-and-thicker stands of Cardon and eventually more and more Boojum Trees (Idria columnaris). This is a very strange relative of the Ocotillo which and we stopped about 30 miles east of El Rosario to photograph and a particularly nice one. The tree looks