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
_Specimens examined._--Total, 40, all from Utah, distributed as
follows: _Duchesne County_: Red Creek, 6700 ft., 2 mi. N Fruitland,
4 (CM); 10 mi. S Myton, 1 (UU); 20 mi. S Myton, 1 (RH). _Uintah
County_: Vernal, 1 (BYU); 20 mi. E Ouray, 5 (CM); Junction Green
and White rivers, 4800 ft., 2 mi. S Ouray, 5 (CM); Pariette Bench,
5000 ft., 8 mi. S Ouray, 8 (CM); Desert Springs, 10 mi. S Ouray, 4
(CM); Pariette Bench, 12 mi. S Ouray, 2 (CM); Jensen, 5 (BYU); E
side Green River, 3 mi. S Jensen, 4 (CM).
=Dipodomys ordii sanrafaeli= Durrant and Setzer
_Dipodomys ordii sanrafaeli_ Durrant and Setzer, Bull. Univ. Utah,
35 (no. 26):26, June 30, 1945.
_Dipodomys ordii longipes_, Stanford, Journ. Mamm., 12:360,
November, 1931 (part--the part from King's Ranch, Utah).
_Type._--Female, adult, no. 4612, Museum of Zoology, University of
Utah; 1-1/2 mi. N Price, 5567 ft., Carbon County, Utah; obtained
on June 5, 1940, by Ross Hardy and H. Higgins, original no. 1901.
_Range._--East-central Utah, east into west-central Colorado.
Marginal occurrences are: in Utah, 12 mi. E Price, 1-1/2 mi. N
Price, Notom, King's Ranch, 12 mi. SW Green River, 16 mi. NW Moab;
in Colorado, State Line and Grand Junction.
_Diagnosis._--Size large (see measurements). Color dark, entire
dorsal surface Cinnamon-Buff, purest on sides and flanks with but
slight suffusion of black on upper parts; cheeks white; arietiform
markings, pinnae of ears, plantar surfaces of hind feet, dorsal
and ventral stripes of tail, brownish-black. Skull large;
pterygoid fossae ovoid; lacrimal processes small; width across
maxillary arches relatively great; auditory bullae well inflated;
diastema short.
_Comparisons._--From _Dipodomys ordii longipes_, _D. o.
sanrafaeli_ differs as follows: Size smaller; color lighter, more
cinnamon, pinnae of ears lighter; skull smaller; auditory bullae
smaller; pterygoid fossae ovoid rather than round; wider across
occipital condyles; narrower across zygomatic processes of
maxillae.
From _Dipodomys ordii cupidineus_, _D. o. sanrafaeli_ can be
recognized by its larger size, lighter color and larger skull.
For comparisons with _Dipodomys ordii nexilis_, _Dipodomys ordii
priscus_ and _Dipodomys ordii uintensis_ see accounts of those
subspecies.
_Remarks._--Intergradation between _Dipodomys ordii cupidineus_ and _D.
o. sanrafaeli_ is noted in the intermediate size of body in a single
specimen from Notom. Intergradation in color and cranial characters
occurs between _Dipodomys ordii nexilis_ and _D. o. sanrafaeli_ in
specimens from 16 miles northwest of Moab. All these specimens, however,
are referable to _D. o. sanrafaeli_.
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