. Animal life in the Yosemite; an account of the mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians in a cross-section of the Sierra Nevada. Zoology. WOOD SATS 117 large males become suffused with reddish or huffy hrown, particularly on the sides of the body. On the whole under surface of the body and tail at all ages the fur is pure white. Although streatori is grouped with the brown-footed wood rats, its feet are pure white, as is also the lower half of its tail. The tail of the Streator Wood Rat is well haired and hence quite different in appearance from the scaly tail of the roof rat; but the hairs
. Animal life in the Yosemite; an account of the mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians in a cross-section of the Sierra Nevada. Zoology. WOOD SATS 117 large males become suffused with reddish or huffy hrown, particularly on the sides of the body. On the whole under surface of the body and tail at all ages the fur is pure white. Although streatori is grouped with the brown-footed wood rats, its feet are pure white, as is also the lower half of its tail. The tail of the Streator Wood Rat is well haired and hence quite different in appearance from the scaly tail of the roof rat; but the hairs on the tail of streatori are short and closely laid, with no long hairs on the sides of the tail as in the Bushy-tailed Wood Rat. (See figs. 12&, 13.). Pig. 13. Streator Wood Rat. Photographed from fresh specimen trapped near foot of Yosemite Palls trail in Yosemite Valley, November 22, 1915. About % natural size. The Streator Wood Rats are active chiefly by night, so that sight of one is seldom obtained. Most of our information relating to the rats them- selves was gained by setting traps baited with rolled oats near nests or other places which showed signs of recent occupancy by the animals. The individuals taken for specimens were all trapped during the night-time. Only three of the animals were noted abroad during the daytime and on each occasion the rat was in view for but a few seconds. At El Portal, in early December, one was seen to run into a brush pile on the hill above the river; near Cascades in November a wood rat appeared while one of our party was 'squeaking' at a Winter Wren; and near Coulterville an adult wood rat was frightened from its nest while one of our party was dismantling the structure. The 'round-tailed' wood rats are active throughout the year, so far as we know; trapping at any season is likely to produce specimens. In Yosemite Valley tracks of the Streator Wood Raf were seen in snow on the Yosemite Falls Trail on December 9 (1914). In midwinter
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