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p. 146, Sept. 26, 1933) ; southwestern Washoe County and Ormsby County east 

 of range of monticola, northwestern Nevada (Hall, Mammals of Nevada, p. 449, 

 July 1, 1946) ; and southwestern Idaho (Davis, The Recent mammals of Idaho, 

 p. 258, Apr. 5, 1939) . 



Thomomys talpoides quadratus Merriamf* 



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

 p. 214, July 15, 1897. 



1939. Thomomys talpoides quadratus Goldman, Journ. Mamm., vol. 20, No. 2, 

 p. 234, May 15, 1939. 



Type Locality. — The Dalles, Wasco County, Oreg. Range. — Sagebrush plains 

 of eastern Oregon (V. Bailey, North Amer. Fauna No. 55 (June) , p. 260, Aug. 29, 

 1936) ; Modoc region of northeastern California, west to Macdoel, Siskiyou 

 County, south to near Susanville, Lassen County; vertical range, from 4,200 feet 

 (near Susanville) up to at least 8,700 feet (Warren Peak) on Warner Mountains; 

 zonal range, Upper Sonoran, Transition, and Canadian (Grinnell, Univ. Cali- 

 fornia Publ. Zool., vol. 40, No. 2, p. 145, Sept. 26, 1933) ; northwestern Nevada, 

 east to Pine Forest Mountains, south to head of Smoke Creek and Granite Peak, 

 and in an isolated colony on Pahrum Peak (Hall, Mammals of Nevada, p. 447, 

 July 1,1946). 



Thomomys talpoides wallowa Hall and Orr* 



1933. Thomomys quadratus wallowa Hall and Orr, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washing- 

 ton, vol. 46, p. 41, Mar. 24, 1933. (Regarded as identical with fuscus by 

 V. Bailey, North Amer. Fauna No. 55 (June), p. 259, Aug. 29, 1936; and 

 as a valid race by Dalquest and Scheffer, Amer. Nat., vol. 78, p. 437, Sep- 

 tember 1944.) 

 1939. Thomomys talpoides wallowa Goldman, Journ. Mamm., vol. 20, No. 2, 



p. 234, May 15, 1939. 

 Type locality. — Catherine Creek, 7 miles east of Telocaset, Wallowa Moun- 

 tains, Union County, Oreg. Altitude, 3,500 feet. Range. — Mountainous regions 

 of southern Columbia, southern Garfield, and Asotin Counties in southeastern 

 Washington above 2,500 feet; in northeastern Oregon, mountains above 2,500 

 feet in eastern Umatilla, Union, and Wallowa Counties (Drake and Booth, Walla 

 Walla Coll. Publ. Dep. Biol. Sci. and Biol. Station, vol. 1, No. 3, p. 51, Nov. 

 25, 1952). 



Thomomys talpoides aequalidens Dalquest* 



1942. Thomomys talpoides aequalidens Dalquest, Murrelet, vol. 23, No. 1, 

 p. 3, May 14, 1942. 



Type locality. — Abel Place, 6 miles south-southeast of Dayton, Columbia 

 County, Wash. Altitude, 2,200 feet. Range. — Eastern Walla Walla, northern 

 Columbia, northern Garfield, and northern Asotin Counties in Washington from 

 Snake River on the north, east into foothills of Blue Mountains between 900 

 and 2,500 feet elevations, west to eastern limits of city of Walla Walla, and south 

 to Walla Walla River in Oregon (Drake and Booth, Walla Walla Coll. Publ. Dep. 

 Biol. Sci. and Biol. Station, vol. 1, No. 3, p. 48, Nov. 25, 1952) . 



