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
_Diagnosis._--Size small (see measurements). Color dark, entire
dorsal surface Cinnamon-Buff, purest on sides, flanks and cheeks;
upper parts strongly suffused with black; arietiform markings,
pinnae of ears, plantar surfaces of hind feet, dorsal and ventral
stripes of tail, brownish. Skull small; upper incisors long;
rostrum deep; jugal bowed laterally; diastema long; upper
molariform tooth-row long.
_Comparisons._--From _Dipodomys ordii panguitchensis_, _D. o.
fremonti_ differs in: Color lighter in all pigmented areas,
particularly ears which are light brown in _D. o. fremonti_ and
black in _D. o. panguitchensis_; skull larger in all measurements
taken; upper incisors longer; rostrum deeper; auditory bullae
deeper; jugal bowed laterally rather than straight; diastema
longer.
From _Dipodomys ordii cupidineus_, _longipes_, _nexilis_,
_uintensis_ and _sanrafaeli_, _D. o. fremonti_ can readily be
distinguished by its smaller size and generally darker color.
_Remarks._--This subspecies of _Dipodomys ordii_ inhabits the upper
reaches of the Fremont River in west-central Wayne County, Utah.
_D. o. fremonti_ appears to be isolated and is known only from the
type locality. _D. o. fremonti_ is so remarkably different from any
other subspecies of _Dipodomys ordii_ that a long period of isolation
from the ancestral stock (which probably gave rise also to _Dipodomys
ordii utahensis_ and _Dipodomys ordii panguitchensis_) is indicated.
Although intergradation is not known to occur with other kinds,
differentiation has not progressed far enough for these animals to be
recognized as a distinct species.
The subspecies closest, geographically, to _D. o. fremonti_ is _D. o.
cupidineus_ from which _D. o. fremonti_ differs more than from any of
the other named forms.
_Specimens examined._--Total, 9, from Utah, as follows: _Wayne
County_: Torrey, 7000 ft., 9 (CM).
=Dipodomys ordii uintensis= Durrant and Setzer
_Dipodomys ordii uintensis_ Durrant and Setzer, Bull. Univ. Utah,
35 (no. 26):27, June 30, 1945.
_Perodipus longipes_, Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 8:246,
November 1896 (part--the part from Uncompahgre Indian Reservation,
Utah).
_Dipodomys ordii luteolus_, Moore, Journ. Mamm., 11:88, February,
1930 (part--the part from Vernal, Utah).
_Type._--Male, adult, no. 11634, Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania; Red Creek, 6,700 ft., 2 mi. N Fruitland, Duchesne
County, Utah; obtained on August 15, 1936, by J. K. and M. T.
Doutt, original no. 3433.
_Range._--Uinta basin of the White, Green and Duchesne river
drainage in northeastern Utah; marginal occurrences are: 2 mi. N
Fruitland, 10 mi. S Ouray, Vernal.
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