RODENTIA: GEOMYIDAE 281 



Thomomys bottae alpinus Merriamf* 



1897. Thomomys alpinus Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 11, p. 

 216, July 15, 1897. 



1935. Thomomys bottae alpinus Goldman, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 

 48, p. 154, Oct. 31, 1935. 



Type Locality. — Big Cottonwood Meadows, 8 miles southeast of Mount Whit- 

 ney Peak, High Sierra, Inyo County, Calif. Altitude, 10,000 feet. Range. — 

 Southern high Sierra Nevada, from Sirretta Meadows, Tulare County (toward 

 Kern County Line), north at least to Whitney Creek at 10,650 feet; west to Jor- 

 dan Hot Springs, Tulare County, and east to Olancha Peak, Calif. ; zonal range, 

 Canadian and Hudsonian; vertical range, 6,000 to 11,000 feet (Grinnell, Univ. 

 California Publ. Zool., vol. 40, No. 2, p. 142, Sept. 26, 1933) . 

 Thomomys bottae perpes Merriamf* 



1901. Thomomys aureus perpes Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 

 14, p. Ill, July 19, 1901. 



1935. Thomomys bottae perpes Goldman, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 

 48, p. 155, Oct. 31, 1935. (See also Hall, Univ. California Publ. Zool., 

 vol. 38, No. 4, p. 325, Feb. 27, 1932.) 



Type Locality. — Lone Pine, Owens Valley, Inyo, County, Calif. Range. — 

 Almost continuous along eastern base of southern Sierra Nevada, from Lone 

 Pine Creek (likely also north of there), Inyo County, south past Olancha and 

 Little Lake to vicinity of Freeman and Rosamond, Kern County, Calif.; zonal 

 range, chiefly Lower Sonoran, but also Upper Sonoran; vertical range, 2,500 to 

 5,000 feet (Grinnell, Univ. California Publ. Zool., vol. 40, No. 2, p. 144. Sept. 

 26,1933). 



Thomomys bottae operarius Merriamf* 



1897. Thomomys operarius Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 11, 



p. 215, July 15, 1897. 

 1935. Thomomys bottae operarius Goldman, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 



vol. 48, p. 155, Oct. 31, 1935. 

 Type Locality. — Keeler, east side of Owens Lake, Inyo County, Calif. Alti- 

 tude, 3,600 feet. Range. — Vicinity of permanent springs and seepages along 

 east side of Owens Lake, Inyo County, Calif. 



Thomomys bottae scapterus Elliot* 



1904. Thomomys scapterus Elliot, Field Columb. Mus. Publ. 87, Zool. Ser., 



vol. 3 (December 1903) , p. 248, Jan. 7, 1904. (Regarded as identical with 



perpes by V. Bailey, North Amer. Fauna No. 39, p. 72, Nov. 15, 1915, and 



by Goldman, Journ. Mamm., vol. 25, No. 4, p. 414, Dec. 12, 1944.) 



1935. Thomomys bottae scapterus Goldman, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 



48, p. 155, Oct. 31, 1935. 

 Type Locality. — Hannopee [— Hanaupah] Canyon, near lower edge of piri- 

 ons, Panamint Mountains, Inyo County, Calif. Altitude, 7,500 feet. Range. — 

 Panamint Mountains, Inyo County; specimens examined from Johnson Canyon 

 north to Cottonwood Canyon and west as far as Lee Mine, 12 miles north of Dar- 

 win ; zonal range, chiefly Upper Sonoran, extending up into Transition and down 

 into Lower Sonoran only locally; vertical range, 5,200 to 9,500 feet (Grinnell, 

 Univ. California Publ. Zool., vol. 40, No. 2, p. 144, Sept. 26, 1933). 



