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
_Diagnosis._--Size small (see measurements). Color pale, entire
dorsal surface Pinkish Buff, purest on sides, flanks and cheeks,
with but slight suffusion of black in upper parts; pinnae of ears,
plantar surfaces of hind feet, dorsal and ventral stripes of tail,
brownish. Skull small; rostrum relatively short and wide; nasals
relatively short; lacrimal processes small; braincase but slightly
vaulted; auditory bullae but little inflated; interorbital region
narrow; styloid processes project on ventral surface of auditory
bullae beyond middle of external auditory meatus; zygomatic arches
robust and bowed laterally; pterygoid fossae ovoid.
_Comparisons._--From _Dipodomys ordii marshalli_, _D. o.
celeripes_ differs as follows: Size smaller, hind foot longer,
tail shorter; color lighter; skull smaller; rostrum wider and
shorter; interorbital region narrower; auditory bullae less
inflated; lacrimal processes smaller; palate shorter; pterygoid
fossae larger.
From _Dipodomys ordii cinderensis_, _D. o. celeripes_ differs as
follows: Size smaller, tail shorter; color lighter; rostrum wider
and shorter; nasals shorter; interorbital width less; auditory
bullae less inflated; foramen magnum wider and shorter; pterygoid
fossae more circular.
From _Dipodomys ordii columbianus_, _D. o. celeripes_ differs in:
Size smaller; color lighter; rostrum wider and shorter;
interorbital width less; interparietal region wider; auditory
bullae, generally, less inflated; upper incisors longer and more
robust; pterygoid fossae larger.
For comparisons with _Dipodomys ordii fetosus_, _Dipodomys ordii
pallidus_ and _Dipodomys ordii panguitchensis_ see accounts of
those subspecies.
_Remarks._--It appears that wherever the range of _D. o. celeripes_
meets that of an adjoining race, intergradation occurs freely.
Practically all of the Nevadan specimens referable to this subspecies
are intergrades with _Dipodomys ordii columbianus_ in size and color.
Specimens from west of Delta, Utah, are intermediate in size between
_Dipodomys ordii pallidus_ and _D. o. celeripes_ but their cranial
characters are more as in _D. o. celeripes_. Intergrades with _Dipodomys
ordii utahensis_ are discussed under the account of that subspecies.
The characters differentiating _D. o. celeripes_ from any contiguous
subspecies are not present in every specimen even in the type series.
_Specimens examined._-Total, 96, distributed as follows:
=Nevada=: _Elko County_: 13 mi. N Montello, 5000 ft., 2 (MVZ);
1-1/2 mi. N Tecoma, 4900 ft., 6 (MVZ); Tecoma, 4900 ft., 8 (MVZ);
Cobre, 6100 ft., 3 (MVZ); Salt Springs, 4200 ft., 1 (MVZ). _White
Pine County_: 2 mi. W Smith Creek Cave, 6300 ft., Mt. Moriah, 2
(MVZ); Hendry Creek, 8 mi. SE Mt. Moriah, 6200 ft., 1 (MVZ).
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