Subspeciation in Pocket Gophers of Kansas, [KU. Vol. 1 No. 11] — John Shaqi
Subspeciation in Pocket Gophers of Kansas, [KU. Vol. 1 No. 11]Hall, E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond)
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Subspeciation in Pocket Gophers of Kansas, [KU. Vol. 1 No. 11]
Hall, E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond)
Mammals -- Kansas; Pocket gophers
Of a pair of adults from eight miles west of Rosalia, Butler County,
the female is indistinguishable in color from adults of _G. b.
industrius_ from northern Meade County and from two specimens from
eleven miles west of Clarendon, Donley County, Texas, near the type
locality of _G. b. major_. The male from eight miles west of Rosalia is
darker as compared either with _G. b. industrius_ or _G. b. major_ and
the coloration of the upper parts resembles those in _G. b._
_majusculus_; the underparts are only slightly paler than the upper
parts as in _majusculus_. Measurements of the skulls are intermediate
between the averages for _G. b. majusculus_ and those for _G. b. major_.
These specimens from eight miles west of Rosalia are intermediate
structurally, and since they are intermediate geographically between _G.
b. majusculus_ and _G. b. major_, they suggest intergradation of the two
subspecies. The specimens in question are referred to _major_ because
the size is nearer that of _major_. It is mainly the intermediate nature
of these two specimens from Butler County, and the intermediate nature
of the specimens from McPherson County, Kansas, that have caused us to
treat _G. b. majusculus_ as only subspecifically distinct from the more
western subspecies, _major_.
_Specimens examined._--Total number, 77, as follows: _Ellsworth
County_: 2 mi. S Ellsworth, 1. _McPherson County_: Smoky Hill
River, 1 mi. S and 1/2 mi. W Lindsborg, 5; 1/2 mi. E McPherson,
1. _Stafford County_: Little Salt Marsh, 12; no locality more
precise than county, 3. _Reno County_: 8 mi. N and 1 mi. E
Haven, 2. _Harvey County_: 1 mi. E and 1/2 mi. N Halstead, 1;
Halstead, 3. _Butler County_: 8 mi. W Rosalia, 2. _Barber
County_: near South Bridge, Sun City, 1; 2 mi. S Sun City, 1;
Wells Ranch, Aetna, 5; "1 mi. W Aetna," 3; near South Bridge,
Aetna, 1; near Bridge, 1 mi. S Aetna, 2. _Harper County_: 4-1/2
mi. NE Danville, 8; 1 mi. N Harper, 11; 3 mi. S Harper, 1.
_Cowley County_: 3 mi. SW Arkansas City, 4; 3 mi. SE Arkansas
City, 9; 3 mi. S Arkansas City, 1.
MEASUREMENTS OF ADULT MALES OF GEOMYS
(In millimeters)
Key for table headings in table on this page.
N: Number of individuals averaged or catalogue number
L: Total length
T: Length of tail
H: Length of hind foot
B: Basilar length
Na: Length of nasals
Z: Zygomatic breadth
M: Mastoid breadth
Rb: Breadth of rostrum
I: Interorbital constriction
A: Alveolar length of maxillary tooth row
E: Extension of premaxilla posterior to nasals
S: Depth of skull
Rl: Length of rostrum
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