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When (questioned as to their habits the Indians said these mice &quot;get 

 young in the spring, the same as horses and cows, and give them milk 

 just the same.&quot; 



Mus musculus Linn. Domestic Mouse. 



Epimys 7iorvegicus (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 (? akin to Taos pajand, Isleta pat fare, Castor canadensis 



frondator Mearns). 



Castor canadensis frondator Mearns. Broad-tailed Beaver. 

 The Tewa sometimes call the beaver po ojo, water beaver (per, 



water; ojo, 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 w T as hunted and eaten by the Tewa, and its use as food ^ 

 is said by them to have no ill effect. 

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Marmota fiaviventer (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. 1 



JB-. 



Cynomys gunnisoni (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 lei is well imitated by Tewa men. They say: 

 lei n(itu, &quot;the prairie dog speaks or gives his cry&quot; (lei , Cynomys 

 gunnisoni (Baird); nq, it; tu, to speak). 



Citellus tridecemlineatus pallidus (Allen). Striped Spermophile. 

 Citellus tridecemlineatus Mitch, was reported at Tierra Amarilla by 

 Coues and Yarrow. 3 This record should probably be referred to the 

 subspecies pallidus, which is found north of that locality in Colorado* 



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 Ibid., p. 120. 



