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
31°
47'; Long. 30° 15', 13 (USNM). _Eddy County_: 3 mi. NW Carlsbad, 7
(MVZ); 2 mi. E Carlsbad, 1 (KU); Eddy, 10 (USBS).
=Texas=: _El Paso County_: 3 mi. NE City Limits, El Paso, 3764
ft., 15 (12 MVZ; 3 TCWC); El Paso, 3 (USBS); near El Paso, 7
(USNM). _Hudspeth County_: 1 mi. NW old Fort Hancock, 3900 ft., 3
(MVZ); Fort Hancock, 4 (USNM); 4 mi. NW Sierra Blanca, 1 (LACM).
_Culberson County_: 35 mi. N Van Horn, 5 (TCWC); 30 mi. N Van
Horn, 1 (TCWC); 16 mi. E Van Horn, 3 (TCWC); 16 mi. SE Van Horn, 5
(TCWC); Kent, 1 (USBS). _Reeves County_: 5 mi. E Toyahvale, 1
(USBS). _Jeff Davis County_: 14-1/2 mi. S Fort Davis, 2 (UM).
_Presidio County_: 10 mi. NE Marfa, 1 (UM).
=Sonora=: Nogales, 2 (USNM); Santa Cruz, 4 (USNM); 5 mi. N
Cananea, 4750 ft., 4 (MVZ); Alamo Wash, 35 mi. NW Magdalena, 5
(DRD); Sonora, 2 (AMNH).
=Chihuahua=: 4.3 mi. W Casas Grandes Viejo, 5000 ft., 8 (MVZ); 1.5
mi. W Casas Grandes Viejo, 1 (MVZ); Casas Grandes, 2 (USBS);
Gallego, 1 (USBS); Colonia Diaz, 6 (USBS); Las Trincheras, 9 mi. S
by road Boquillos de Condios, 4 (MVZ); Santa Rosalia, 6 (USBS);
Chihuahua, 7 (USBS); 5 mi. SE Chihuahua, 5250 ft., 4 (MVZ);
Corallitos, 4 (1 USBS; 3 MVZ).
=Dipodomys ordii luteolus= (Goldman)
_Perodipus ordii luteolus_ Goldman, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington,
30:112, May 23, 1917.
_Dipodomys phillipsi ordi_, Coues and Allen, Monogr. of N. Amer.
Rodentia, p. 541, August, 1877 (part--the part from Niobrara
River, Nebraska).
_Perodipus montanus richardsoni_, Cary, N. Amer. Fauna, 33:141,
August 17, 1911 (part--the part from Sterling, Colorado).
_Dipodomys ordii luteolus_, Grinnell, Journ. Mamm., 2:96, May 2,
1921.
_Type._--Male, adult, no. 160408, U. S. Nat. Mus. Biol. Surv.
Coll.; Casper, Natrona County, Wyoming; obtained on September 2,
1909, by Merritt Cary, original no. 1690.
_Range._--Southeastern Wyoming, northeastern Colorado,
northwestern half of Nebraska and southwestern South Dakota;
marginal occurrences are: in Wyoming, Casper, Sun and Ft. Steele;
in Colorado, Loveland, Hugo and Akron; in Nebraska, Birdwood
Creek, Neligh and Valentine; in South Dakota, Batesland and
Buffalo Gap.
_Diagnosis._--Size medium (see measurements). Color light, entire
dorsal surface between Light Ochraceous-Buff and Ochraceous-Buff,
purest on sides and flanks; upper parts but lightly washed with
black; arietiform markings, plantar surfaces of hind feet, pinnae
of ears and dorsal and ventral stripes of tail, blackish. Skull
medium in size; jugal weak; braincase slightly inflated; nasals
slightly flared distally.
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