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 utahensis_, _D. o. fetosus_
differs as follows: Hind foot longer; color lighter; skull larger;
rostrum, relatively as well as actually, shorter and wider; nasals
longer and wider; interorbital region narrower; braincase less
vaulted; interparietal region narrower; auditory bullae more
inflated laterally, posteriorly and ventrally; foramen magnum
smaller.
From _Dipodomys ordii celeripes_, _D. o. fetosus_ differs as
follows: Larger; color darker; arietiform markings present; skull
larger; rostrum longer and wider; nasals longer and less inflated
distally; interorbital region wider; auditory bullae somewhat more
inflated; zygomatic arches more robust.
For comparisons with _Dipodomys ordii monoensis_, _D. o.
columbianus_, _D. o. pallidus_, _D. o. panguitchensis_ and _D. o.
cinderensis_ see accounts of those subspecies.
_Remarks._--_Dipodomys ordii fetosus_ has a small geographic range. Hall
(1946:416) points out that the interorbital breadth in topotypes is less
than in those from any other part of the range. This feature, therefore,
is not useful in characterizing this subspecies. Intergradation with
_Dipodomys ordii columbianus_ is noted in the greater total length and
the somewhat darker color in animals from Coal Valley and Garden Valley,
Nevada. In the part of the range which lies in Utah, none of the animals
is typical and all are intergrades in color and cranial characters with
_Dipodomys ordii celeripes_.
_Specimens examined._--Total, 136, distributed as follows:
=Nevada=: _Nye County_: White River Valley, 15 mi. WSW Sunnyside,
5500 ft., 26 (MVZ); White River Valley, 16-1/2 mi. WSW Sunnyside,
5500 ft., 6 (MVZ); 14 mi. NNE Sharp, 1 (MVZ); Garden Valley, 15
mi. NE Sharp, 1 (MVZ); Garden Valley, 14-1/2 mi. NE Sharp, 3
(MVZ); 8-1/2 mi. NE Sharp, 17 (MVZ). _Lincoln County_: E side Coal
Valley, 14 mi. N Seeman Pass, 4850 ft., 4 (MVZ); 2 mi. SE Pioche,
1 (MVZ); E side Coal Valley, 10 mi. N Seeman Pass, 1 (MVZ); Desert
Valley, 20 mi. SW Pioche, 1 (MVZ); 2 mi. N Panaca, 4800 ft., 17
(16 MVZ; 1 CAS); Desert Valley, 21 mi. W Panaca, 10 (MVZ); Crystal
Spring, Pahranagat Valley, 4000 ft., 2 (MVZ); 10 mi. E Crystal
Springs, 5000 ft., 1 (MVZ); 15 mi. S Groom Baldy, 1 (MVZ).
=Utah=: _Millard County_: 5 mi. S Garrison, 5400 ft., 12 (MVZ);
Pine Valley, Sec. 33, T. 25 S, R. 17 W, 5000 ft., 16 (UU); Warm
Cove, Sec. 34, T. 25 S, R. 18 W, 5500 ft., 2 (UU); Desert Range
Experiment Station, 50 mi. W Milford, 5252 ft., 10 (9 UU; 1 BYU).
=Dipodomys ordii utahensis= (Merriam)
_Perodipus montanus utahensis_ Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc.
Washington, 17:143, July 14, 1904.
_Perodipus ordii utahensis_, Goldman, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington,
30:113, May 23, 1917.
_Dipodomys ordii columbianus_, Grinnell, Journ. Mamm., 2:96, May
2, 1921.
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