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Hoffmeister
1939
Peromyscus truei
June 29 Crooked R., 3400 ft. at mouth of Bear Cr, Crook Co, Oregon
Last night, I set traps in habitats I
thought most suitable to catch this species.
The locality was the hills behind camp which
are covered with basaltic rocks of varying size
and a sparse growth of Juniperus occidentalis.
I set traps at the base of junipers and
among rocks. The only specimen I got
was in a small ravine among some
small basaltic rocks and was at least
20 feet from junipers. There was no
cover around except for rocks where this
specimen was caught.
June 30 Crooked R., 3100 ft. 4 mi. W mouth of Bear Cr, Crook Co., Oregon
Set traps along the basaltic slides that line
the stream banks along this gorge at this point,
and also set fewer traps closer to the stream
where a few junipers grow along the dry bordering
stream bed. Caught one of this species in three
traps set in the junipers along the stream.
Johnson also set traps only along the basaltic
slides and caught no Peromyscus truei. Apparently,
they are not found at the base of these basaltic
outcrops where they occur extensively, but on
sandy areas with a few junipers and two
but larger basaltic boulders.