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Hoffmeister
1940
Peromyscus truei
July 7
2 mi. S Guerneville, 200 ft., Sonoma Co., Calif.
Caught an adult(?) male in the gully bottom leading
down to the Russian River. The gully did not, at any place, have
a very dense undercover of braches and vines and little or
no poison oak. The taller trees shading (although not
completely) the gully were redwoods, Umbellularia, Alnus,
one or two Pseudotsuga taxifolia. There was some Lithocarpus
and poison oak along the edge of the gully. The ground
was not thickly covered with leaves or leaf-mold. Immediate
vicinity of trap with P.truei was a fern 2 ft. high, small
pile (10) of sticks, and a small vine. Animal was
infested with fleas 10+, mites (numerous), and 1 tick (only
the latter was saved). The testes were "down" and very
large, measuring 24 mm. The animal was not overly
fat, but apparently these animals are naturally large,
the specimen weighing 36 grams. This habitat seems to
be no different than the other I have (unsuccessfully)
tried to catch truei in around here.