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_P. a. pergracilis_ and because of the name currently on the label with Benson's initials. ~Perognathus longimembris panamintinus~ Merriam In the current literature, Californian specimens of the little pocket mouse stand identified as _Perognathus longimembris nevadensis_ from Oasis and vicinity of Benton Station (Grinnell, Univ. California Publ. Zool., 40:147, September 26, 1933). When one of us (Hall, Mammals of Nevada, p. 360, July 1, 1946) reported specimens from southwestern Nevada as _Perognathus longimembris panamintinus_ he did so on the basis of study of specimens which included those from Oasis (in the California Museum of Vertebrate Zoology) that he at that time (in ms.) identified as _P. l. panamintinus_. Those specimens from Oasis have the hair on the underparts white all the way to the base as also do specimens from Morans, 5000 ft. (29583/41638 BS), in contrast to the plumbeous underparts of _P. l. nevadensis_. It is on this basis that we identify specimens from the places mentioned above as _Perognathus longimembris panamintinus_. "Vicinity of Benton Station" as given by Grinnell (_loc. cit._) is interpreted to include Morans, Mono County. ~Dipodomys agilis martirensis~ Huey Elliot (Field Columb. Mus., Zool. Ser., Publ. 79, 3(12):221, August 15, 1903) referred specimens from Rosarito and Rosarito Divide, San Pedro Martir Mts., Baja California, to _Perodipus_ [= _Dipodomys_] _agilis_. According to the currently known distribution of _Dipodomys agilis_ in Baja California (see Huey, Trans. San Diego Soc. Nat. Hist., 11:237, April 30, 1951), the specimens seemed likely to belong to the subspecies _D. a. martirensis_. An examination of the specimens (10644, 10690-10693 CMNH from Rosarito, and 10694 from Rosarito Divide) shows that, on the basis of large ear and comparatively narrow braincase, they are in fact referable to _D. a. martirensis_. Only No. 10693, with its broader braincase, seems atypical. Comparative materials used are in the Chicago Natural History Museum as follows: _D. a. martirensis_: Baja California: San Matias Spring, 2. _D. a. simulans_: Baja California: Ensenada, 8. California: Dulzura, 1 (topotype); San Luis del Rey, 3. ~Dipodomys agilis simulans~ (Merriam) J. A. Allen (Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 5:184, August 18, 1893) listed as _Perodipus agilis_ a specimen (6306/4941 AMNH) from Valladares, Baja California. Subspecies of this species were subsequently named without
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