Geographic Variation in Red-backed Mice (Genus Clethrionomys) of the Southern Rocky Mountain RegionCockrum, E. Lendell
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Geographic Variation in Red-backed Mice (Genus Clethrionomys) of the Southern Rocky Mountain Region
Cockrum, E. Lendell
Animals -- Variation; Mice
+Wyoming+: _Park County_: 28 mi. N and 3 mi. W Cody, 7200 ft., 1. _Big
Horn County_: Medicine Wheel Ranch, 28 mi. E Lovell, 9000 ft., 22;
17-1/2 mi. E and 4-1/2 mi. S Shell, 1. _Teton County_: Moran, 6244
ft., 4; Moran, 3 (James Findley Collection); 2-3/4 mi. E Moran, 6300
ft., 1; 3-3/4 mi. E and 1 mi. S Moran, 6200 ft., 10. _Washakie
County_: 9 mi. E and 9 mi. N Tensleep, 8200 ft., 3; 9 mi. E and 4 mi.
N Tensleep, 7000 ft., 1. _Johnson County_: 4 mi. W and 1 mi. S
Klondike, 6500 ft., 1; 6-1/2 mi. W and 2 mi. S Buffalo, 5620 ft., 1.
_Lincoln County_: 3 mi. N and 11 mi. E Alpine, 5650 ft., 1. _Sublette
County_: 31 mi. N Pinedale, 8025 ft., 1. _Fremont County_: Togwotee
Pass, 5 (James Findley Collection); 20-1/2 mi. W and 2 mi. S Lander,
1; Mocassin [=Moccasin] Lake, 19 mi. W and 4 mi. N Lander, 10,100 ft.,
3; 18 mi. W and 3 mi. N Lander, 1; Mosquito Park Ranger Station,
17-1/2 mi. W and 2-1/2 mi. N Lander, 9500 ft., 10; 6-1/2 mi. W and 17
mi. S Lander, 8450 ft., 4; 5-1/2 mi. W and 22 mi. S Lander, 8800 ft.,
3. _Converse County_: 22 mi. S and 24-1/2 mi. W Douglas, 7600 ft., 3.
_Carbon County_: 18 mi. SW Rawlins, 7500 ft., 2; 19 mi. E and 8 mi. N
Encampment, 9150 ft., 4; 19-1/2 mi. E and 6 mi. N Savery, 8800 ft., 1;
11 mi. E and 6 mi. N Savery, 8400 ft., 1; 14 mi. E and 6 mi. N Savery,
1. _Albany County_: 3 mi. ESE Browns Peak, 10,000 ft., 59.
+Colorado+: _Rio Blanco County_: 9-1/2 mi. SW Pagoda Peak, 7700 ft.,
2. _Boulder County_: 2-1/2 mi. S Estes Park, 8400 ft., 2; 3 mi. S
Ward, 8. _Clear Creek County_: 2 mi. S Idaho Springs, 8000 ft., 1.
_Gunnison County_: Gothic, 8 mi. N Crested Butte, 6 (James Findley
Collection).
_Additional records._--+Colorado+: _Rio Blanco Co._: 25 mi. NE Meeker
(Cary, N. Amer. Fauna, 33:120, 1911). _El Paso Co._: Lake Moraine,
10,250 ft. (Warren, Mammals of Colorado, p. 224, 1942).
[Illustration: Map Geographic Range Clethrionomys gapperi]
~Fig. 1.~--Geographic ranges of the subspecies of
_Clethrionomys gapperi_ in the southern Rocky Mountains.
[Map Numbers For shaded areas.]
1. _C. g. galei_ 3. _C. g. uintaensis_ 5. _C. g. limitis_
2. _C. g. brevicaudus_ 4. _C. g. gauti_ 6. _C. g. arizonensis_
+Clethrionomys gapperi brevicaudus+ (Merriam)
1891. _Evotomys gapperi brevicaudus_ Merriam, N. Amer. Fauna, 5:119,
July 30.
1897. _Evotomys brevicaudus_, Bailey, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington,
11:129, May 13.
1942. _Clethrionomys gapperi brevicaudus_, Bole and Moulthrop, Sci.
Publ. Cleveland Mus. Nat. Hist., 5:153, September 11.
_Type locality._--Three miles N Custer, 6000 ft., South Dakota.
_Range._--The Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming.
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Geographic Variation in Red-backed Mice (Genus Clethrionomys) of the Southern Rocky Mountain Region — John Shaqi
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