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[[underlined]] Mammals. Rocky Cr. [[/underlined]]

[[red checkmark]] [[underlined]] Odocoileus hemiones [[/underlined]], Com. low down
[[red checkmark]] [[underlined]] " [[ditto for: Odocoileus]] conesi [[/underlined]] Com. high up to peaks, mainly Transition.
[[red checkmark]] [[underlined]] Sciurus aberti [[/underlined]], Com. in Yellow pines
[[red checkmark]] [[underlined]] " [[ditto for: Sciurus]] mogollonensis [[/underlined]], Common in Canadian.
[[red checkmark]] [[underlined]] Eutamias cinericollis [[/underlined]] " [[ditto for: Common]] in Transition & above
[[red checkmark]] [[underlined]] " [[ditto for: Eutamias]] dorsalis [[/underlined]] " [[ditto for: Common]] Upper Sonoran
[[red checkmark]] [[underlined]] Callospermophilus lateralis [[/underlined]], " [[ditto for: Common]] in Transition, 8000-9000
[[red checkmark]] [[underlined]] Peromyscus sonoriensis [[/underlined]] [[insertion]] sonoroiensis [[/insertion]] , 1 at 8100 [[overwritten]] 8200 [[/overwritten]] feet in woods
[[red checkmark]] [[underlined]] Neotoma [[strikethrough]]
 [[pemorem?]] [[/strikethrough]] mexicana [[/underlined]], Common in Transition.
[[red checkmark]] [[underlined]] " [[ditto for: Neotoma]] orophilus  [[/underlined]], " " [[dittos for: Common in]] Canadian, many houses seen up to 9000 on cold slopes
[[red checkmark]] [[underlined]] Thomomys fulvus [[/underlined]], common.
[[red checkmark]] [[underlined]] Urocyon scotti [[/underlined]], " [[ditto for: Common]]
[[red checkmark]] [[underlined]] Mephitis [[blank]] [[/underlined]], " [[ditto for: Common]] thro Transition.
[[red checkmark]] [[underlined]] Canis mearnsi [[/underlined]], " [[ditto for: Common]] lower down.
[[red checkmark]] [[underlined]] " [[ditto for:
 Canis]] mexicanus [[/underlined]], No signs of wolves, tho a den was found just above camp last year in the gulch at about 8500.
[[red checkmark]] [[underlined]] Felis azteca [[/underlined]], Still a few.
[[red checkmark]] [[underlined]] Lynx baileyi [[/underlined]] Common.
[[red checkmark]] [[underlined]] Ursus ambliceps [[/underlined]], Common.
[[red checkmark]] [[underlined]] " [[ditto for: Ursus]] horriaecus [[/underlined]] [[insertion]] horriaecus [[/insertion]] Scarce.
[[red checkmark]] [[underlined]] Taxidea [[blank]] 
 A few [[/underlined]]
[[red checkmark]] [[underlined]] Vespertilio furcus [[/underlined]] Common. [[insertion]] Vespertilio [[/insertion]]

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[[underlined]] Rocky Creek

Aug. 22 [[/underlined]] - Caught but little in our traps but shot [[red underlined]] Chipmunks, Calospermophilus, [[/red underlined]] [[strikethrough]] & birds [[/strikethrough]] [[red underlined]] Abert squirrel [[/red underlined]] & birds. Shot a [[red underlined]] painted redstart & red faced warbler [[/red underlined]], both in pinfeathery condition & evidently breeders. Found houses of [[red underlined]] Neotoma orophilus? [[/red underlined]] in Canadian zone timber on cold slopes at 9000 feet.

[[underlined]] Aug. 23 [[/underlined]] - Went up to Quaking Asp Peak above the spring of same name about 6 miles east of camp. The aneroid at camp read 8100, at Spring 9000, on peak 9750. Found dense Canadian Zone timber of [[red underlined]] Aspens, fir, douglas spruce & Pinus flexilis (or strobiformis) [[/red underlined]] on cold slops above 8500 feet and on top of ridges above 9000 feet. but Transition [[red underlined]] yellow pine [[/red underlined]] runs to top of peak on SW slope.
Found plenty of [[red underlined]] Sciurus mogollenensis [[/red underlined]] and houses of [[red underlined]] Neotoma orophilus. [[/red underlined]] The aspens are all tracked up with [[red underlined]] bear [[/red underlined]] near the spring. Rained most of the time so we couldnt do much.