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[GRINNELL-STORER] PLATE 25 |
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a. Boyle White-footed Mouse.
b. Common (Gambel) White-footed Mouse.
c. House Mouse. All about 4/5 natural size; photographed from
specimens freshly trapped in Yosemite Valley, December 22, 1914. (top
to bottom) For discussion of diagnostic characters, see text, pp. 106,
107.
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[GRINNELL-STORER] PLATE 26 |
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"Leaping" rodents of the Yosemite
region. All close to 1/2 natural size; photographed from freshly
trapped specimens. (top, right to left)
a. Allen Jumping Mouse; Yosemite Valley near foot
of Yosemite Falls, June 4, 1915.
b. California Pocket Mouse; El Portal, November 21, 1914.
c. San Joaquin Pocket Mouse; Snelling, May 28, 1915.
d. Mono Kangaroo Mouse; Mono Mills, June 21, 1916.
e. Merced Kangaroo Rat; Lagrange, December 21, 1915.
For descriptions of these species, see text, pp. 144, 146, 149.
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a. Yosemite Pocket Gopher, posed
to show important external features, such as projecting incisor teeth,
lack of any "neck," short legs with heavily clawed fore feet, and short
nearly hairless tail. (top)
b. Yosemite Pocket Gopher, showing broadness of head, fur-lined
check pouches, and white patches beneath. (middle)
c. Yosemite Mole, showing sharp snout, wedge-shaped head,
laterally placed "hands," and short hairy tail. (bottom)
All 2/3 natural size; photographed from animals freshly trapped on the
floor of Yosemite Valley. For discussion of adaptive features of Pocket
Gopher and Mole, see pp. 44, 134, 136.
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Surface workings of Mole and Pocket
Gopher as photographed in Yosemite Valley; all about 1/3 natural
size. (top to bottom)
a. "Subsurface" forage run of Mole.
b. A Mole hill.
c. An earth mound made by a Pocket Gopher.
For comparison descriptions, see pp. 44, 137.
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