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The Pocket Gophers (Genus Thomomys) of Utah: University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, Vol. 1 No. 1 — John Shaqi

The Pocket Gophers (Genus Thomomys) of Utah: University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, Vol. 1 No. 1Durrant, Stephen David

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The Pocket Gophers (Genus Thomomys) of Utah: University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, Vol. 1 No. 1

Name: The Pocket Gophers (Genus Thomomys) of Utah: University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, Vol. 1 No. 1
Author: Durrant, Stephen David

Durrant, Stephen David

Pocket gophers -- Utah

_Specimens examined._--Total, 119, distributed as follows:
     _Cache County_: Logan Canyon, Beaver Basin, Utah-Idaho Line,
     2 (U. S. A. C); Logan Canyon, Tony Grove Camp, 6 (U. S. A.
     C); Logan Canyon, Green Camp, 3 (U. S. A. C); Logan Canyon,
     3 (U. S. A. C); Logan Mountains, 20 mi. E Logan, 3 (U. S. A.
     C); Logan Peak area, 13 (U. S. A. C); near Providence Peak,
     Logan Mountains, 1 (U. S. A. C.); Wellsville, 10 (U. S. A.
     C); Hardware Ranch, Blacksmith Fork, 1 (U. S. A. C); Avon, 1
     (U. S. A. C); 1 mi. E Avon, 1 (U. S. A. C); 7-8 mi. E Avon,
     1 (U. S. A. C). _Weber County_: South Fork, Ogden River, 18
     mi. E Ogden, 4 (M. V. Z.). _Morgan County_: East Canyon, 18
     mi. NW Park City, 6,000 ft., 1. _Davis County_: 8 mi. NE
     Salt Lake City, 1. _Salt Lake County_: Mouth of Dry Canyon,
     1 mi. NE Salt Lake City, 1; 4 mi. above mouth City Creek
     Canyon, 5,000 ft., 1; mouth of Emigration Canyon, 1; mouth
     of Millcreek Canyon, 1; Lambs Canyon, 13 mi. SE Salt Lake
     City, 2 (C. M.); mouth of Big Cottonwood Canyon, 1. _Summit
     County_: Park City, 1 (U. S. N. M.). _Wasatch County_:
     Midway, 5,500 ft., 29. _Utah County_: Mt. Timpanogos, 1 mi.
     N Aspen Grove, 7,500 ft., 20; Aspen Grove, Mt. Timpanogos, 5
     (1, U. S. A. C.; 4, B. Y. U.); Head of Grove Creek, Mt.
     Timpanogos, 4 (B. Y. U.).

     _Additional Records_: _Weber County_: Ogden, 6. _Salt Lake
     County_: Parleys Canyon, 1 (Bailey, 1915:114).


=Thomomys talpoides oquirrhensis= Durrant

     _Thomomys talpoides oquirrhensis_ Durrant, Bull. Univ. Utah,
     30 (No. 5):3, October 24, 1939.

_Type._--Male, adult, skin and skull; No. 2605, Museum of Zooelogy,
University of Utah; Settlement Creek, Oquirrh Mountains, 6,500 ft.,
Tooele County, Utah; June 11, 1938; collected by S. D. Durrant;
original number 1461.

_Range._--Known only from the Oquirrh Mountains, which are in Salt
Lake, Tooele and Utah counties, Utah.

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