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
_Dipodomys ordii idoneus_ differs from _Dipodomys ordii
attenuatus_ in larger size, generally darker color and larger
skull.
_Remarks._--This subspecies of _Dipodomys ordii_ is paler than either of
the subspecies with adjoining geographic ranges. Measurements of the
skull, in proportion to external measurements, are larger than in any
other subspecies of _Dipodomys ordii_. Cranially, this new subspecies is
more closely allied to _Dipodomys ordii fuscus_ but in color appears to
be much closer to _Dipodomys ordii attenuatus_ from which it differs
markedly in cranial features.
_Specimens examined._--Total, 3, all from Durango, distributed as
follows: San Juan, 12 mi. W Lerdo, 3 (UM).
=Dipodomys ordii priscus= Hoffmeister
_Dipodomys ordii priscus_ Hoffmeister, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington,
55:167, December 31, 1942.
_Perodipus longipes_, Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat, Hist., 8:246,
November, 1896 (part--the part from Kinney Ranch, Wyoming).
_Perodipus montanus richardsoni_, Cary, N. Amer. Fauna, 33:141,
August 17, 1911 (part--the part from Lay, Colorado).
_Periodipus_ [_Dipodomys_] _ordii luteolus_, Svihla, Journ. Mamm.;
12:262, August, 1931 (part--the part from Linwood, Utah).
_Type._--Male, no. 89119, Mus. Vert. Zool., Univ. California;
Kinney Ranch, 21 mi. S Bitter Creek, 7100 ft., Sweetwater County,
Wyoming; obtained on September 16, 1939, by Donald T. Tappe,
original no. 766.
_Range._--Southwestern Wyoming, extreme northeastern Utah and
northwestern Colorado; marginal occurrences are: in Wyoming, 7 mi.
N Ft. Washakie and 10 mi. SW Granger; in Colorado, Lay and Snake
River south of Sunny Peak.
_Diagnosis._--Size medium (see measurements). Color light, entire
dorsal surface between (c) Light Ochraceous-Buff and
Ochraceous-Buff, purest on sides, flanks and cheeks; upper parts
slightly suffused with black; arietiform markings, pinnae of ears,
plantar surfaces of hind feet, dorsal and ventral stripes of tail,
grayish to blackish in different individuals. Skull medium in
size; rostrum long and narrow; nasals long; auditory bullae
relatively narrow and skull long, giving appearance of much
narrower skull than is actually the case; zygomata weak; upper
incisors moderately wide at cutting edge.
_Comparisons._--From _Dipodomys ordii uintensis_, _D. o. priscus_
differs as follows: Hind foot longer; color lighter in all
pigmented areas, and skull smaller in all measurements taken.
From _Dipodomys ordii sanrafaeli_, _D. o. priscus_ differs in:
Color decidedly less red in upper parts; ventral stripe of tail
not continuous to end of pencil; nasals longer; auditory bullae
less inflated.
For comparisons with _Dipodomys ordii luteolus_ and _Dipodomys
ordii terrosus_ see accounts of those subspecies.
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