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Collector: Grinnell - 1925
Location: Mineral
Date: July 29
Page Number: 2535

We were seated on a log, when a Eutamias senex
ran across some open round within 40 feet of
us and disappeared into another large log; in
the animal's mouth was a baby chipmunk, about
1/4 grown it looked, belly up and tail curled over
the mother's head. As I was walking along
the trail, I saw some small animal scurry along the
side of a rotten log and across the open for 2 feet
disappearing under a slab of rotten wood. I lifted
up the latter, expecting a lizard (tho [sic] no lizard
has been seen up Viola Trail), when out
popped a Shrew (see beyond) which Mrs. G. pounced
upon with success. Here was a case of a shrew
venturing out into the open close to noon of a
brilliantly sunshiny day; it was a suckling [female symbol].
The rotten wood and earth beneath the log and slab
was quite damp. No nest was discovered.

6295 Sorex m. mariposa (?) [female symbol] suckling 6.8g. 120x51x14.5x4.
Caught under slab (as above) on ground in Transition zone (Dry
woods of yellow pine, white fir and incense cedar) on ridge
at 550 ft., 2 mi. NE Mineral.

6296 Sorex v. amoenus (?) [male symbol] 4.7g 108x44x11.5x3. Caught in
oat-baited mouse trap (scented) set in rank grass under
willows in bog near camp.

6297 Thomomys monticola [male symbol] 92g. 205x66x26x8.

6298 [Thomomys] [monticola] [male symbol] ju. 51g. 170x55x25x7.

Both these gophers caught near camp, in traps,
in dryish ground between ceanothus thickets.