Tawny Deer-Mouse 
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Uncompahgre Plateau, Coventry, Naturita, and Bedrock, Montrose 
County; Silverton, San Juan County; Hermit, Hinsdale County; 
Santa Maria Lake and Wagon Wheel Gap, Mineral County; Salida, 
and Poncha Pass, Chaffee County; Westcliffe, Querida, and Hard- 
scrabble Canon, Custer County; Mosca, Hooper, Medano Ranch, 
San Luis Lake, Mosca Creek, and Fort Garland, Costilla County; 
Antonito and Conejos River, Conejos County; Pagosa Springs and 
Arboles, Archuleta County; Del Norte, Rio Grande County; Durango 
Florida, and Bayfield, La Plata County; Cortez, Ashbaugh's 
Ranch, and Mesa Verde, Montezuma County; Trinidad, Las 
Animas County; Canon City and Howard, Fremont County; Villa 
Grove, Crestone, and Madenos Creek, Saguache County; Muddy 
Creek, Huerfano County; Marvine Lodge, Rio Blanco County. 
FIG. 42. TAWNY DEER-MOUSE, Perofuyscus m. rufinus 
From life, E. R. Warren, Photo. 
Habits.— The habits of this and the following species are 
very similar, and this description of them will suffice for both. 
They adapt themselves to any elevation, from timber-line, 
and higher, down to the lowest altitudes of their respective 
ranges. They are found in the woods, among rocks, and in 
gulches and arroyos on the prairies. In newly settled dis- 
tricts they find their way into houses, and make themselves 
at home there as does the common house mouse, by whom, 
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