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
_Remarks._--This race confined to Utah, and inhabiting northern
Washington County and most of Iron County, is restricted almost
exclusively to areas of loose shifting sand. Intergradation with
_Dipodomys ordii fetosus_ occurs near Lund. The animals from this
locality intergrade in size of body and in color, but in the majority of
cranial characters resemble _D. o. cinderensis_. In all characters
studied _D. o. cinderensis_ appears to be more closely related to
_Dipodomys ordii utahensis_ than to any other subspecies with which it
comes into actual contact.
Animals from near Parowan have both cranial and external characters
by which they could be referred to either _D. o. panguitchensis_
or _D. o. cinderensis_. Owing to the existence of the physical barrier
(Cedar Mountains) separating the two populations, they are referred
to _D. o. cinderensis_. _Dipodomys ordii cinderensis_ is not a
well differentiated race but appears to possess characters sufficiently
diagnostic to distinguish it from contiguous forms.
_Specimens examined._--Total, 74, all from Utah, distributed as
follows: _Iron County_: 11 mi. SE Lund, 50 (46 RH; 4 MVZ); 4-1/2
mi. NW Summit and 6 mi. W Parowan, 9 (RH); 10 mi. W Cedar City, 1
(USAC); 5 mi. W Cedar City, 1 (USAC); Cedar City, 2 (BYU).
_Washington County_: Diamond Valley, 9 (RH); N end Mountain
Meadows, 2 (RH).
=Dipodomys ordii fetosus= Durrant and Hall
_Dipodomys ordii fetosus_ Durrant and Hall, Mammalia, 3:14, March,
1939.
_Type._--Female, adult, no. 48451, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology,
University of California; 2 mi. N Panaca, 4,800 ft., Lincoln
County, Nevada; obtained on June 24, 1931, by Ward C. Russell,
original no. 1658.
_Range._--Southeastern Nevada and western Beaver and Millard
counties, Utah; marginal occurrences in Nevada, 2 mi. SE Pioche,
15 mi. WSW Sunnyside, 16-1/2 mi. WSW Sunnyside, 14 mi. NNE Sharp,
8-1/2 mi. NE Sharp, 15 mi. S Groom Baldy, 10 mi. E Crystal Spring,
Panaca; in Utah, Pine Valley, 50 mi. W Milford and 5 mi. S
Garrison.
_Diagnosis._--Size medium (see measurements). Color dark, entire
dorsal surface (_16''_) between Pinkish Cinnamon and Cinnamon-Buff,
purest on sides and flanks with strong admixture of black in upper
parts; cheeks white; pinnae of ears, arietiform markings, plantar
surfaces of hind feet, dorsal and ventral stripes of tail,
blackish. Skull medium in size; rostrum wide and short;
interorbital region narrow; braincase but slightly vaulted;
lacrimal processes large; zygomatic arches weak and bowed
laterally; pterygoid fossae large and subcircular.
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