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Pu means jackrabbit, domestic rabbit, domestic hare; with or 

 without wa gji, like , it is applied to guinea pigs. 



Kwqy. 



Sylvilagus nuttalli pinetis (Allen). Rocky Mountain Cottontail. 

 Recorded by Nelson 1 from many northern New Mexico localities, 

 including Costillo Pass, Gallinas Mountains, Jemez Mountains, Hall s 

 Peak (southeast of Taos), San Antonio Mountains, Santa Clara 

 Mountains, Taos Mountain, Tierra Amarilla, Tres Piedras, and 

 Twining (near Taos). We saw several, which were probably this 

 species or the next, at and near El Rito de los Frijoles, but did not 

 obtain specimens for identification. 



Sylvilagus auduboni warreni Nelson. Colorado Cottontail. 



Recorded by Nelson 2 from San Antonio Mountains, Tres Piedras, 

 and other localities in northwestern New Mexico. 



The New Mexico cottontail (Sylvilagus auduboni neomexicanus 

 Nelson) a ppears to range from the Pecos Valley eastward, hence it 

 does not come within our area. 



So-y. 



Ereftiizon epixanthum Brandt. Yellow-haired Porcupine. 



We saw no signs of porcupines about El Rito de los Frijoles. At 



the old Buckman sawmill, at the base of the mountains, we saw the 



skin of one which had been killed there. San Ildefonso Indians 



, report its occurrence in the mountains and sometimes in the fields, and 



are f amiliar with its habit of gnawing the bark of trees. The smaller 



hairs are called p o and the large spine-like hairs yw% , a word which 



is applied also to the thorns of plants. The Indians believe that 



when angry the so y has the power of shooting these r)w% like arrows. 



Pe , or pe-da (pe , Zapus princeps; M, unexplained). 

 ? Zapus princeps Allen. Rocky Mountain Jumping Mouse. 

 Reported at Camp Burgwyn 3 [Cantonment Burgwin] and Santa Fe 

 by Preble. 4 Both whites and Indians describe a mouselike animal 

 with long, kangaroo-like hind legs and short forelegs, at El Rito de 

 los Frijoles, but we did not succeed in catching any for identification, 

 and can not feel sure from the description that it is a jumping 

 mouse. One Indian reported that pe is smaller than the deermouse, 

 and pe da considerably larger. They may represent some species of 

 pocket mouse and a kangaroo rat. 



Nelson, E. W., op. cit., pp. 207-11. 



2 Ibid., pp. 231-32. 



8 The Cantonment Burgwin specimen has been referred to a distinct species, Zapus luleus. See Miller 

 in Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, xxiv, p. 253, Dec. 23, 1911 . Miller also reports Z. luteus from Espanola, 

 Taos County, and from Cloudcroft, Otero County. 



Preble, Edward A., Revision of the Jumping Mice of the Genus Zapus, North American Fauna, no. 15, 

 Biol. Surv., U. S. Dept. Agr., pp. 22-23, 1899. 



