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
_Cotypes._--Male, no. 2400, and female, no. 2398, Amer. Mus. Nat.
Hist.; Fort Verde, Yavapai County, Arizona; obtained on January 26,
1887, and October 1, 1885, respectively, by Edgar A. Mearns. (Type
not seen.)
_Range._--Central Arizona from the Grand Canyon of the Colorado
River, southeastward to, and probably beyond, Fort Verde; marginal
occurrences are: lower end Prespect Valley, Kirkland, Prescott,
Camp Verde, Bill Williams Mountain.
_Diagnosis._--Size medium (see measurements). Color dark; entire
dorsal surface between (_10''_) Pinkish Cinnamon and
Cinnamon-Buff, purest on sides and flanks, upper parts strongly
suffused with black; arietiform markings, pinnae of ears, plantar
surfaces of hind feet, dorsal and ventral stripes of tail,
blackish. Skull medium in size; rostrum long and narrow; nasals
long; auditory bullae slightly distended; braincase vaulted.
_Comparisons._--For comparisons with _Dipodomys ordii cupidineus_,
_Dipodomys ordii longipes_ and _Dipodomys ordii ordii_ see
accounts of those subspecies.
_Remarks._--This subspecies of _Dipodomys ordii_ is relatively isolated
from other subspecies of the species. The Colorado River with its deep
canyons is interposed between the ranges of _D. o. chapmani_ and _D. o.
cupidineus_. A high range of mountains separates _D. o. chapmani_ from
the range of _D. o. longipes_. The only race with which _D. o. chapmani_
probably comes into contact is _D. o. ordii_ to the southeast. No
specimens are available from the southeastern part of the range of _D.
o. chapmani_. Animals from the northwestern part of the range of _D. o.
ordii_, without exception, have dark-colored pelage which is
characteristic of _D. o. chapmani_. In the shape of the nasals, vault of
the braincase, interorbital width and auditory bullae, animals from
Rice, Arizona, resemble _D. o. chapmani_, but in other characters
resemble _D. o. ordii_ to which subspecies they are referred. Animals
from 20 miles northeast of Calva, Arizona, are dark-colored and are
intermediate between the dark _D. o. chapmani_ and the pale _D. o.
ordii_ in size of the cranium and body but are referable to _D. o.
ordii_. In the northwestern part of the range of _D. o. chapmani_ the
animals are not typical in that they have a shorter, wider rostrum and a
heavier zygomatic arch than topotypes.
_Specimens examined._--Total, 90, all from Arizona, distributed as
follows: _Mohave County_: lower end Prospect Valley, 4500 ft.,
Grand Canyon, 7 (USBS); Kingman, 9 (LACM). _Coconino County_:
Aubrey Valley, 10 mi. S Pine Spring, 4 (USBS); Bill Williams
Mountain, 1 (USNM). _Yavapai County_: 3 mi. N Fort Whipple, 11
(USBS); Fort Whipple, 4 (2 USBS; 2 USNM); Willow Creek, 4 mi. N
Prescott, 4 (MVZ); 1 mi. W Camp Verde, 1 (MVZ); Camp Verde, 33 (15
USBS; 3 MVZ; 3 AMNH; 9 LACM; 3 DRD); 1/2 mi. S Camp Verde, 4 (MVZ);
Kirkland, 9 (USBS); Turkey Creek, 3 (USBS).
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