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Show ‘i ex ‘ora PILEDARERR, sleet aai Ooieee ee tS ee ees eee ee , sn Y Hoe eae ‘ ie Patton, J. L. 2015 Great Basin National Park female 16g Peromyscus maniculatus — ad female 18g Peromyscus maniculatus — ad male 21 In addition to the three standardized traplines set along Lehman Creekat the Wheeler Peak campground,I set a few traps in the meadowsat ourcollective campsites; I designated the locality for captures as: Wheeler Peak Campground, Snake Range, Great Basin National Park, White Pine Co., Nevada 9890 ft 39.01120°N, 114.30309°W 12’ precision WGS84 datum The afternoon of 19 August I set four Sherman live traps at a complex of burrow openings I found in the meadow just below Carol’s and my campsite.In the hard soil, with abundant small rocksin situ and a sparse covering of grasses and yarrow,I had observed cluster of approximately 25 burrow openings with short trails leading from them in an area about 7 x 10 m, but without evidence of a similar ‘colony’ anywhereelse in this large meadow. The burrows were obviously in use, as the surface dirt was disturbed and small fecal pellets were visible. The following morning, 20 August, I caught 3 animals, 1 Peromyscus maniculatus (JLP 26593) and two Lemmiscus curatatus, an adult, post-lactating female (GILP 26591) and a juvenile female (JLP 26592). The following nightI set a total of 10 Shermans here, but caught only 5 deer mice the next morning,all of which I released. If this ‘warren’ of burrows was a colony of sagebrush voles, there wasn’t a sagebrush anywherein sight. SRR Eee EETeS : E3 4 scaetauentesnisiiiaiinassmcmbaiassasreddii erines” ae cocoaannie eecec 3 se4 e ca 5 i * |