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Hoffmeister
1942
Scapanus latimanus
June 2 5 mi. W + 1 1/4 mi. S Independence, 6000 ft., Inyo Co., Calif.
Saw fresh workings of a mole in a marshy,
grassy spot among willows, black Rosa, wild onions,
and iris.
June 8 3 mi. S + 8 mi. W Big Pine, 7700 ft., Inyo Co., Calif.
Saw several mole workings on the south side of Big Pine
Creek among the Artemisia where it comes down
to the willows along the creek and among the
glass and scattered rocks.
June 17 (White Mtns) 1 1/4 mi. N + 2 1/2 mi. E Benton Station, 6900 ft., Mono Co., Calif.
Saw mole runs about 10 feet from Montgomery
Creek at the edge of a willow thicket. About
25 feet beyond the creek, there was a steep face of
a hill. The ground was relatively rocky. No
moles where collected from these runs although
Russell trapped them.