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
=Utah=: _Tooele County_: Clifton Flat, 7 mi. SW Gold Hill, 6149
ft., 4 (UU); Parrish Ranch, 5 mi. N Ibapah, 5175 ft., 1 (UU);
Ibapah, 5000 ft., 23 (UU). _Juab County_: Trout Creek, 4600 ft.,
21 (19 UU; 1 USAC; 1 MVZ); 20 mi. SW Nephi, 2 (UU); U. B. (Yuba)
Dam, Sevier River, 5000 ft., 10 (UU). _Millard County_: 4 mi. S
Gandy, 5000 ft., 1 (MVZ); Smith Creek, 6 mi. S Gandy, 5400 ft., 2
(MVZ); Hendry Creek, 5000 ft., 17 mi. S Gandy, 4 (MVZ); Oak City,
5000 ft., 1 (UU); White Valley, 60 mi. W Delta, 1 (UU); 35 mi. W
Delta, 1 (UU); East side Clear Lake, 4600 ft., 4 (3 UU; 1 USAC); 2
mi. E Clear Lake, 4600 ft., 2 (UU).
=Dipodomys ordii cineraceus= Goldman
_Dipodomys ordii cineraceus_ Goldman, Journ. Mamm., 20:352, August
14, 1939.
_Type._--Male, no. 263890, U. S. Nat. Mus. Biol. Surv. Coll.;
Dolphin Island, Great Salt Lake, 4250 ft., Box Elder County, Utah;
obtained on June 4, 1938, by William H. Marshall, original no. 57.
_Range._--Dolphin Island, Great Salt Lake, Utah.
_Diagnosis._--Size medium (see measurements). Color pale, upper
parts near Pale Pinkish Buff, but lightly washed with black,
purest on sides and flanks; arietiform markings, pinnae of ears,
plantar surfaces of hind feet, dorsal and ventral stripes of tail,
brownish. Skull medium in size; rostrum short; nasals relatively
short; interparietal region relatively wide; auditory bullae but
slightly inflated.
_Comparisons._--From _Dipodomys ordii utahensis_, _D. o.
cineraceus_ differs in: Size smaller; color lighter; nasals
longer; auditory bullae larger; total length of skull greater.
From _Dipodomys ordii marshalli_, _D. o. cineraceus_ differs in:
Size smaller; color darker; skull larger in all measurements
taken.
_Remarks._--The race _D. o. cineraceus_ along with _Dipodomys microps
russeolus_ is found on Dolphin Island, Great Salt Lake, Utah. Dolphin
Island is connected with the mainland by a bar that could allow animals
from the island to disperse onto the mainland. There are no animals from
the mainland, however, that are referable to _D. o. cineraceus_ or to
_D. m. russeolus_. The animals available from the mainland, at Kelton,
although geographically near Dolphin Island, are referable to _D. o.
marshalli_ and to _D. m. bonnevillei_. The paucity of material from the
mainland, adjacent to Dolphin Island, may be significant. Future
trapping in this area is needed before we can be certain that _D. o.
cineraceus_ is isolated.
_Specimens examined._--Total, 2, both from Utah, as follows: _Box
Elder County_: Dolphin Island, Great Salt Lake, 4250 ft., 2 (USNM).
=Dipodomys ordii marshalli= Goldman
_Dipodomys ordii marshalli_ Goldman, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington,
50:223, December 28, 1937.
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