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When questioned as to their habits the Indians said these mice ‘‘get 
young in the spring, the same as horses and cows, and give them milk 
just the same.” 
Nwry. 
Mus musculus Linn. Domestic Mouse. 
Nwr'y. 
Epimys norvegicus (Erxl.). Domestic Rat. 
It is said that there are no domestic rats in New Mexico. Domestic 
mice are as common in Indian houses as in those of Mexicans and 
Americans. These mice are called ratones in New Mexican Spanish. 
"Ojo (4 akin to Taos pajand, Isleta patfare, Castor canadensis 
frondator Mearns). 
Castor canadensis frondator Mearns. Broad-tailed Beaver. 
The Tewa sometimes call the beaver po-’ojo, “water beaver’ (po’, 
water; 070, beaver). 
Whites and Indians both report beaver along the Rio Grande, 
probably of this species; but the lateral canyons in the neighborhood 
of El Rito de los Frijoles support none now, if they ever did. 
The beaver was hunted and eaten by the Tewa, and its use as food 
is said by them to have no ill effect. 
¢ 
Marmota flaviventer (Aud. & Bach). Western Woodchuck. 
None were seen and no information concerning them in our area 
was obtained. Reported at Santa Fe by Coues and Yarrow.' 
Kv. 
Cynomys gunmsoni (Baird). Gunnison’s Prairie Dog. 
None found at El Rito de los Frijoles, but abundant at Valle 
Grande in the Jemez Mountains, just beyond the head of the Rito. 
The Indians report prairie dogs also at San Ildefonso and other points 
along the Rio Grande. 
The bark of the ki is well imitated by Tewa men. They say: 
ki; natu, “the prairie dog speaks or gives his ery” (kv, Cynomys 
gunnisoni (Baird); nd, it; ty, to speak). 
2 
Citellus tridecemlineatus pallidus (Allen). Striped Spermophile. 
Citellus tridecemlineatus Mitch. was reported at Tierra Amarilla by 
Coues and Yarrow. This record should probably be referred to the 
subspecies pallidus, which is found north of that locality in Colorado. 
So’ we. 
Citellus grammurus (Say). Rock Squirrel. 
This large, speckled, bushy-tailed ground squirrel, its body a foot 
long, is abundant in the canyons about El Rito de los Frijoles. It is 
recognized by the Indians as a ground squirrel, with habits distinct 
1 Coues, Elliott, and Yarrow, H. C., op. cit., p. 123. 2 Thid., p. 120, 
