Baculum: Stalk elongate, greatest length (2.7 to 2.8 mm.) 2-1/3 to 2-1/2
times greatest breadth, 4 to 5 times greatest depth; three processes
ossified or lateral processes unossified, ossifications relatively small
(in 78380, median ossification less than 1/4 as large as lateral
ossifications although median cartilaginous process is larger), length of
median process 1/5 to 1/6 of length of stalk, cartilaginous part of
median process larger; posterior profile in dorsal view convex throughout
or bilobate; tuberosities moderately developed, deflected dorsal to axis
of shaft; in end-view medial construction 3/5 greatest depth of
tuberosities; shaft tapered from point of greatest width, slightly
inflated terminally.
The specimen (KU 13716) figured by Hibbard and Rinker (1942:29) has been
restudied. It was first cleared and stained to soften the dry cartilage
binding the digital processes together and to differentiate bone and
cartilage. The lateral processes are small and cartilaginous (Fig. 6) and
seem intact. The differences between this specimen and others examined by
Hamilton (1946:381), Dearden (1958:542), and myself, namely the
relatively larger median ossification, the absence of ossification in
lateral processes, and the distinctly bilobate base and larger size, may
represent geographic differences, or individual variation. The
proportions of length, width, and depth of the stalk, and the appearance
in lateral view do not differ greatly from others examined by Hamilton,
by Dearden (1958:546), and by me.
_Specimens examined_: Five, representing four subspecies; _S. cooperi
gossii_, 6 mi. N Midway, Holt Co., Nebraska 78379, 78380; _S. cooperi
relictus_, 5 mi. N, 2 mi. W Parks, Dundy Co., Nebraska, 72601 (immature);
_S. cooperi saturatus_, 3 mi. S Demotte, Jasper Co., Indiana, 3-C-454,
collection of W. B. Quay; _S. cooperi paludis_, Meade County State Park,
Kansas, 13716.
Clethrionomys rutilus Pallas
Fig. 11
Baculum: Stalk elongate, and proximally enlarged, greatest length (2.7
mm.) 2 times greatest breadth; less than 4 times greatest depth; three
well-developed ossified processes; length of stalk 2-1/3 times length of
median process; median process with basal (and ventral) protuberence and
lateral lobes, arched in dorsoventral plane; lateral processes as large
as median process, flattened distally, having ventromedial vane on distal
half; basal tuberosities of stalk well developed, medially confluent;
posterior profile in dorsal view trilobate or convex throughout with
rounded posterior apex; dorsal concavity well developed, ventral surface
but slightly concave, medial constriction of base as little as 1/2
greatest depth; shaft straight, slender, at mid-point of stalk but
slightly wider than high; basal tuberosities largely dorsal to axis of
shaft in lateral view; lateral profile in dorsal view with an abrupt
curvature separating the gently sloping sides of the shaft from the basal
part at its greatest breadth.
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