32 2 VERTEBRATE ANIMALS OF THE UNITED STATES 



D. agilis Gambel (Fig. 177). Color yellowish brown, mixed with 

 dusky; hind foot with 5 toes; length 300 mm.; tail 180 mm.; hind foot 

 42 mm. : southern and western California; Transition and Sonoran zones. 



Subspecies of D. agilis 



D. a. agilis Gamb. Southwestern California; north to Santa 

 Barbara. 



D. a. simulans (Merriam). Color darker; length 285 mm.; tail 

 172 mm.: San Diego County. 



D. a. cahezoncc (Merr.). Color buflfy ochraceous; length I'^i mm.; 

 tail 171 mm.: southern California deserts. 



D. a. per plexus (Merr.). Color yellowish brown; length 320 mm.; 

 tail 195 mm.: southern Sierras and Tejon Mountains. 



D. a. venustus (Merr.). Color cinnamon brown; length 316 mm.; 

 tail 191 mm.: Santa Lucia Mountains. 



D. micro ps (Merr.). Color pale buff; length 270 mm.; tail 150 mm.; 

 hind foot 40 mm. : Mohave Desert, California. 



D. deserti Stephens. Color pale yellowish brown; hind foot with 

 4 toes; length 342 mm.; tail 200 mm.; hind foot 52 mm.: Colorado and 

 Mohave Deserts, California. 



D. heermanni LeConte. Color cinnamon buff; length 293 mm.; 

 tail 180 mm.; hind foot 45 mm.: northern California. 



Subspecies of D. heermanni 



D. h. heermanni LeConte. Hind foot with 5 toes: west base of the 

 central Sierra Nevadas; Upper Sonoran zone. 



D. h. californicus (Merr.). Hind foot with 4 toes; length 312 mm.; 

 tail 195 mm.: central California coastal region north of San Francisco. 



D. h. dixoni (Grinnell). Hind foot with 5 toes; length 2S2 mm.; 

 tail 170 mm.: northern portion of the San Joaquin Valley. 



D. h. goldmani (Merr.). Color drab brown; length 312 mm.; tail 

 185 mm.: Salinas River Valley. 



D. morroensis (Merr.). Color dark buff; length 292 mm.; tail 

 177 mm.: San Luis Obispo County, California. 



D. panamintinus (Merr.). Color buffy clay; length 301 mm.; tail 

 180 mm.: Panamint Mountains, California. 



D. stephensi (Merr.). Hind foot with 5 toes; dark clay in color; 

 length 295 mm.; tail 180 mm.; hind foot 43 mm.: San Jacinto Valley, 

 California. 



