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
_Comparisons._--From _Dipodomys ordii terrosus_, _D. o. luteolus_
differs as follows: Size smaller, except that tail and ear are
longer; color lighter in all pigmented areas; skull smaller in
every measurement taken; auditory bullae less inflated; zygomatic
processes of maxillae smaller; cutting edge of upper incisors
narrower; zygomatic arch weaker.
From _Dipodomys ordii priscus_, _D. o. luteolus_ differs in: Size
larger except hind foot which is shorter; dorsal and ventral
stripes of tail, plantar surfaces of hind feet, arietiform
markings and pinnae of ears, in most specimens, darker; auditory
bullae less inflated; nasals shorter; rostrum wider; total length
of skull shorter; zygomatic arch weaker; foramen magnum more
ovate.
From _Dipodomys ordii evexus_, _D. o. luteolus_ differs as
follows: Hind foot longer; color lighter in all pigmented areas;
auditory bullae more inflated; pterygoid fossae more expanded
laterally; width across maxillary arches less; interorbital region
narrower; zygomatic arch weaker; external auditory meatus almost
round as opposed to ovoid.
Comparison with _Dipodomys ordii richardsoni_ is made in account
of that subspecies.
_Remarks._--_Dipodomys ordii luteolus_ resembles _D. o. priscus_ in
size and color but can readily be told from it and _D. o. richardsoni_
when specimens from the central portions of the ranges of the subspecies
are compared. At and near the periphery of the range, especially
in that part which adjoins the range of _D. o. richardsoni_,
intergradation occurs. Specimens from Kennedy, Perch and Neligh,
Nebraska, approach _D. o. richardsoni_ in the shape of the pterygoid
fossae and nasal bones, but in all other characters they resemble
_D. o. luteolus_ to which subspecies they are here referred. Specimens
from Loveland and 20 miles east of Avalo, Colorado, show intergradation
with _D. o. richardsoni_ in the width of the rostrum and size of the
zygomatic arch but are referable to _D. o. luteolus_.
No specimens here referred to _D. o. luteolus_ were found to intergrade
with _D. o. priscus_.
_Specimens examined._--Total, 250, distributed as follows:
=South Dakota=: _Perkins County_: 9 mi. N Bison, 8 (MVZ). _Meade
County_: Smithsville, 2 (USBS). _Jackson County_: 20 mi. SSE
Phillip, in Haakon County, 1 (MVZ). _Custer County_: Elk Mountain,
1 (MHS); Buffalo Gap, 2 (USNM). _Bennett County_: Big Spring
Canyon, Batesland, 7 (CNHM); Rosebud Indian Agency, 1 (USBS).
=Wyoming=: _Fremont County_: 2-1/2 mi. W Shoshoni, 80 (KU);
Granite Mountain, 1 (UM). _Natrona County_: 1 mi. NE Casper, 19
(KU); Casper, 7 (USBS); Sun, 8 (USBS). _Converse County_: Douglas,
2 (USBS). _Niobrara County_: Van Tassel Creek, 1 (CM). _Carbon
County_: Fort Steele, 1 (USBS). _Goshen County_: Rawhide Butte, 1
(USBS).
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