Geographic Distribution of the Pocket Mouse, Perognathus fasciatusJones, J. Knox
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Geographic Distribution of the Pocket Mouse, Perognathus fasciatus
Jones, J. Knox
Pocket mice
_Diagnosis._--External measurements of the holotype and average and
extreme external measurements of six adults (five males and one
female) from several localities in eastern Wyoming are,
respectively, as follows: Total length, 124, 132 (125-140); length
of tail-vertebrae, 53, 63 (59-68); length of hind foot, 16.5, 17
(17-18); length of ear, 6.5, 6.6 (6.0-7.0). Color: Upper parts
Cream Buff, lined with black and giving a pale olivaceous
appearance; lateral line near (16'd) Light Ochraceous-Buff;
postauricular patches Cream Buff; subauricular patches and
underparts white; tail indistinctly bicolor, dusky above, whitish
below. Skull: Size medium for species (see Table 1); braincase and
auditory bullae moderately inflated; interorbital region narrow;
mastoidal region broad.
_Remarks._--From topotypes of _Perognathus fasciatus fasciatus_,
geographically adjacent to the northeast, _P. f. olivaceogriseus_
differs in: Upper parts paler, especially face which is heavily washed
with buff; hind foot smaller; skull averaging slightly smaller in all
measurements taken (especially least interorbital breadth and cranial
depth), except mastoidal breadth which is slightly more and
interparietal breadth, length of tympanic bulla and length of maxillary
tooth-row which are approximately the same. From topotypes of
_Perognathus fasciatus infraluteus_, geographically adjacent to the
south, _P. f. olivaceogriseus_ differs in: Upper parts paler and less
drab; lateral line brighter and more ochraceous; underparts never buffy;
skull averaging larger in all measurements taken except interparietal
breadth and length of maxillary tooth-row which are smaller. From
topotypes of _Perognathus fasciatus litus_, geographically adjacent to
the southwest, _P. f. olivaceogriseus_ differs in: Upper parts darker;
skull, when specimens of equal age are compared, averaging larger in
mastoidal breadth, interparietal breadth and basal length. From
topotypes of _Perognathus fasciatus callistus_, _P. f. olivaceogriseus_
differs in: Upper parts slightly darker, pelage not silky, coarser in
appearance; hind foot shorter; skull averaging smaller in all
measurements taken (especially mastoidal breadth), except interparietal
breadth which is more.
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