Comments on the Taxonomy and Geographic Distribution of Some North American RodentsHall, E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond)
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Comments on the Taxonomy and Geographic Distribution of Some North American Rodents
Hall, E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond)
Mammals -- North America; Rodents
Elliot (Field Columb. Mus., Zool. Ser., Publ. 79, 3(12):221, August 15,
1903) referred specimens from Rosarito and Rosarito Divide, San Pedro
Martir Mts., Baja California, to _Perodipus_ [= _Dipodomys_] _agilis_.
According to the currently known distribution of _Dipodomys agilis_ in
Baja California (see Huey, Trans. San Diego Soc. Nat. Hist., 11:237,
April 30, 1951), the specimens seemed likely to belong to the subspecies
_D. a. martirensis_. An examination of the specimens (10644, 10690-10693
CMNH from Rosarito, and 10694 from Rosarito Divide) shows that, on the
basis of large ear and comparatively narrow braincase, they are in fact
referable to _D. a. martirensis_. Only No. 10693, with its broader
braincase, seems atypical. Comparative materials used are in the Chicago
Natural History Museum as follows: _D. a. martirensis_: Baja California:
San Matias Spring, 2. _D. a. simulans_: Baja California: Ensenada, 8.
California: Dulzura, 1 (topotype); San Luis del Rey, 3.
~Dipodomys agilis simulans~ (Merriam)
J. A. Allen (Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 5:184, August 18, 1893) listed
as _Perodipus agilis_ a specimen (6306/4941 AMNH) from Valladares, Baja
California. Subspecies of this species were subsequently named without
mentioning this specimen that, on geographic grounds, might be either
_D. a. martirensis_ or _D. a. simulans_. Certain measurements of the
specimen are as follows: Total length, 288; length of tail, 171; length
of hind foot (dry), 41.0; greatest length of skull, 39.5; width of
maxillary arch at middle, 4.5. The long tail and wide (4.5) maxillary
arch are characteristic of _Dipodomys agilis simulans_ and constitute
the basis for identifying the specimen as of that subspecies.
~Baiomys taylori analogus~ Osgood
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