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
=Colorado=: _Saguache County_: Saguache, 1 (USBS). _Alamosa
County_: 1.6 mi. NE Medano Springs Ranch Headquarters, 8 (MVZ);
Great Sand Dunes National Monument, 10 (MVZ); 8 mi. S Great Sand
Dunes National Monument, 4 (MVZ); Medano Ranch, 15 mi. NE Mosca,
11 (2 USBS; 9 MVZ); 22 mi. E Mosca, 5 (AMNH); Alamosa, 1 (UM).
_Conejos County_: Antonito, 1 (USBS); 7 mi. E Antonito, 3 (USBS);
12 mi. E Antonito, 2 (USBS). _Costilla County_: 4-1/2 mi. N
Blanca, 8100 ft., 3 (MVZ); 1 mi. NE Blanca, 7950 ft., 1 (MVZ); 3
mi. NW Fort Garland, 6 (CMNH); 1 mi. NW Fort Garland, 3 (MVZ); 15
mi. W Fort Garland, 7800 ft., 4 (KU); Fort Garland, 64 (31 USBS;
28 LACM; 5 MVZ); 5 mi. SSE Fort Garland, 4 (AMNH); 5 mi. S Fort
Garland, 2 (AMNH).
=New Mexico=: _Colfax County_: 4 mi. SW Cimmaron, 5 (AMNH); 3 mi.
SE Cimmaron, 8 (AMNH); 1-1/2 mi. W Philmont Ranch Headquarters, 2
(AMNH).
=Dipodomys ordii cinderensis= Hardy
_Dipodomys ordii cinderensis_ Hardy, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington,
57:53, October 31, 1944.
_Type._--Male, no. 4611, Mus. Zool., Univ. Utah; at approximately
4,000 ft. on sandy soil, immediately north of the northern of two
large cinder cones in Diamond Valley, 10 mi. N St. George,
Washington County, Utah; obtained on February 13, 1944, by Ross
Hardy, original no. 2690.
_Range._--Diamond Valley, Washington County, Utah, north through
Mountain Meadows, east as far as Cedar City, Iron County, Utah,
north through the Escalante Desert to Lund, Iron County, and west
almost to the Utah-Nevada boundary; marginal occurrences, all in
Utah are: 11 mi. SE Lund; N end Mountain Meadows; Diamond Valley;
10 mi. W Cedar City; 4-1/2 mi. NW Summit and 6 mi. W Parowan.
_Diagnosis._--Size small (see measurements). Color dark, upper
parts near Buffy Brown, strongly suffused with black, purest on
sides and flanks; pinnae of ears, plantar surfaces of hind feet,
dorsal and ventral stripes of tail, arietiform markings, black.
Skull small; rostrum narrow; auditory bullae relatively as well as
actually well inflated; external auditory meatus small;
interparietal region narrow.
_Comparisons._--From _Dipodomys ordii fetosus_, _D. o.
cinderensis_ differs in: Size smaller; color darker; skull smaller
in all measurements taken.
From _Dipodomys ordii panguitchensis_, _D. o. cinderensis_ differs
as follows: Size smaller; color lighter; skull smaller except for
auditory bullae which are larger; external auditory meatus
smaller; maxillary tooth-row longer.
Compared with _Dipodomys ordii longipes_ and _Dipodomys ordii
cupidineus_, _D. o. cinderensis_ is smaller, darker and can easily
be distinguished.
For comparisons with _Dipodomys ordii celeripes_ and _Dipodomys
ordii utahensis_ see accounts of those subspecies.
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