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Dipodomys heermanni
June 28 11mi NE Weed, Siskiyou Co., Calif.
About 9:30 PM. I and Wm. Longenat heard some thing in the brush, which upon investigation with a flashlight proved to be a Dipodomys. This one was not wary, as a few kicks at the opposite side of the bush forced it back into the beam of the light.
This specimen is much lighter colored apparently than Dipodomys heermanni saxatilis. Burrow systems in this country are in about 6 inch deep sand, which covers a hard subsurface layer. Signs and tracks of Dipodomys in this region are numerous, as was bore out by the catch.