Mammals of the Grand Mesa, ColoradoAnderson, Sydney
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Mammals of the Grand Mesa, Colorado
Anderson, Sydney
Mammals -- Colorado
=_Myotis evotis evotis_= (H. Allen).--One female Long-eared Myotis
(59671), containing no embryos, was shot at dusk on July 2, at locality
3, which is below the rim of the Mesa.
=_Myotis volans interior_= Miller.--One female Long-legged Myotis
(70016), containing no embryos, was shot at locality 7 on July 1, 1956.
=_Ochotona princeps figginsi_= J. A. Allen.--Six specimens of the Pika
(59672-59675, 70018-70019) from localities 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 extend the
known range of the subspecies approximately 55 miles to the westward
from Irwin in Gunnison County. Each of two females taken on June 18 and
26 contained three embryos, which measured 20 millimeters in the
latter; a third female on June 29 contained two embryos 35 millimeters
in length.
=_Lepus americanus bairdii_= Hayden.--No Snowshoe Rabbit was taken, but
one individual was observed by H. B. Tordoff on June 18, 1954, at
locality 8. Droppings of a large lagomorph were seen in the woods, and
tracks were seen in the snow.
=_Marmota flaviventris luteola_= A. H. Howell.--The seven specimens of
the Yellow-bellied Marmot (59731-6, 70022, four adult and two young,
each a skin and skull, and one skull only of an adult) are referable on
the basis of size, color, and locality as discussed by Warren (1936,
Jour. Mamm., 17:394) to _M. f. luteola_. The total lengths in
millimeters are as follows: young male 582; adult males 640, 655; young
females 460, 520; adult female 630. The color and condition of the
pelage is the same in all the specimens except that the two largest
males are much more worn and show irregular patches of new hair on the
back, and the two young females are paler especially on the back and
tail. These marmots were taken at localities 4, 7, 8, 10, and 16.
=_Spermophilus lateralis lateralis_= (Say).--Eleven specimens of the
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel (59748-59756, 59763-59764) were taken at
localities 1, 3, and 4. Young were born before late June; three young
of the year were taken at locality 3 on June 29 and 30, and none of the
adult females taken at locality 1 (1 female) and at locality 4 (3
females) was pregnant. Most adults of both sexes at all elevations
represented (6800 to 10,200 ft.) showed molt in progress and proceeding
from anterior to posterior. All specimens were obtained from June 25 to
July 4.
=_Spermophilus variegatus grammurus_= (Say).--Three Rock Squirrels
(59738-59739, 59742) were obtained at locality 3. One of these
specimens was a skull found near a wood rat nest. The other two were
nonpregnant females; the adult measured 485 millimeters in total
length, and the younger individual measured 413 millimeters. The two
skins are characteristic of _S. v. grammurus_ in their paleness.
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