Subspeciation in the Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys ordii: KU. Vol 1 No 23Setzer, Henry W.
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Subspeciation in the Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys ordii: KU. Vol 1 No 23
Setzer, Henry W.
Kangaroo rats
Intergradation is noted with _D. o. ordii_, _D. o. longipes_, _D. o.
montanus_ and _D. o. richardsoni_. Among named races _D. o. medius_
shows closest affinities with _D. o. richardsoni_ but the two are easily
separable. The northwestern extremity of the range of _D. o. medius_ is
an area of intergradation in which no specimens are clearly of one
subspecies or the other. In specimens from 5 miles east of Abiquiu, New
Mexico, three-way intergradation occurs. These animals are like _D. o.
medius_ in size, _D. o. longipes_ in color and their cranial proportions
are as in _D. o. montanus_. At Deer Creek, New Mexico, and at Monahans,
Texas, the animals show intergradation in size of body and agree with
_D. o. ordii_ in cranial proportions. In specimens from 6 miles
southwest of Muleshoe, Texas, intergradation with _D. o. richardsoni_ in
the shape of the skull and width of the rostrum is noted. In the sum
total of characters studied, however, these specimens are referable to
_D. o. medius_.
_Specimens examined._--Total, 129, distributed as follows:
=New Mexico=: _Rio Arriba County_: 2 mi. SE El Rito, 2 (KU); Rio
Alamosa, 15 mi. N Ojo Caliente, 1 (USBS); 6 mi. E Abiquiu, 4
(USBS); Rinconada, 5 (USBS); Espanola, 6 (USBS). _Sandoval
County_: 12 mi. NW Alameda, 5500 ft., 3 (MVZ). _Santa Fe County_:
Seton's Ranch, near Santa Fe, 1 (USBS); 8 mi. SW Santa Fe, 8 (KU);
San Pedro, 3 (USBS). _San Miguel County_: Pecos, 2 (USBS); 3 mi. S
Pecos, 2 (USBS); Rowe, 6 (LACM). _Bernallilo County_: Bear Canyon,
Sandia Mountains, 7 (USBS); Pajarito, 3 (MVZ). _Guadalupe County_:
Santa Rosa, 10 (USBS). _Lincoln County_: 44 mi. NW Roswell, 5
(MVZ). _De Baca County_: 8 mi. N Fort Sumner, 9 (USBS). _Roosevelt
County_: Kenna, 4 (LACM). _Curry County_: 4 mi. W and 2-3/4 mi. N
Clovis, 1 (MVZ). _Chaves County_: 40 mi. N Roswell, 2 (USBS); 35
mi. N Roswell, 2 (USBS); 15 mi. NE Roswell, 8 (LACM); Stinking
Springs Lake, 3 (USBS).
=Texas=: _Bailey County_: 6 mi. SW Muleshoe, 5 (UM); 9 mi. SW
Muleshoe, 2 (UM). _Garza County_: 7 mi. E Post, 5 (UM). _Martin
County_: Stanton, 4 (USBS). _Howard County_: 6 mi. NE Coahoma, 7
(UM); 1 mi. S Coahoma, 1 (UM); 5 mi. W Big Springs, 2400 ft., 1
(MVZ). _Mitchell County_: Colorado, 5 (USBS). _Winkler County_: 20
mi. N Monahans, 1 (USBS). _Ward County_: Monahans, 1 (USBS).
=Dipodomys ordii obscurus= (Allen)
_Perodipus obscurus_ Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 19:603,
November 12, 1903.
_Dipodomys ordii obscurus_, Grinnell, Journ. Mamm., 2:96, May 2,
1921.
_Type._--Male, adult, no. 20957, Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist.; Rio Sestin,
northwestern Durango, Mexico; obtained on April 13, 1903, by J. H.
Batty. (Type not seen.)
_Range._--Northwestern and northern Durango, Mexico; marginal
localities are: Rosario, Rio Sestin, Mt. San Gabriel, Rio del
Bocas, Villa Ocampo.
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