l width
E Greatest breadth across bullae J Basilar length
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_D. o. largus_, type locality (K.U.)
A B C D E F G H I J
Mean (9) 226 117 35.8 36.3 21.5 19.2 3.6 13.7 12.6 23.2
Maximum 241 128 37 37.2 22.0 19.9 3.7 14.2 13.9 23.9
Minimum 212 105 35 35.2 20.7 18.6 3.5 13.5 11.6 22.3
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_D. o. compactus_, type locality (U.S.N.M.)
A B C D E F G H I J
Mean (10) 230 126 37.7 36.6 22.1 20.0 3.8 14.0 12.5 23.8
Maximum 241 135 40 37.8 23.2 21.4 4.0 14.5 13.1 24.4
Minimum 208 118 35 35.5 21.6 19.2 3.6 13.1 11.3 23.1
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_D. o. parvabullatus_, type locality and 2 mi. S of same (K.U.)
A B C D E F G H I J
Mean (7) 216 111 35.9 36.4 21.7 19.6 3.6 13.8 12.1 23.0
Maximum 222 113 37 36.9 22.1 20.7 3.8 14.2 12.5 23.5
Minimum 210 109 34 35.9 21.3 19.1 3.3 13.4 11.6 22.1
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_D. o. sennetti_, 2 mi. S Riviera, Texas (after Setzer, op. cit. :565)
A B C D E F G H I J
Mean (5) 218 112 35.8 37.2 23.4 20.1 4.0 13.6 13.1 24.2
Maximum 222 115 38 38.2 24.1 20.7 4.3 14.4 13.2 24.6
Minimum 208 104 34 36.3 23.0 19.4 3.8 13.0 12.6 23.8
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Dipodomys ordii largus new subspecies
Ord Kangaroo Rat
_Type._--Female, adult, skull and skin, No. 27234, Mus. Nat. Hist.,
Univ. Kansas, from Mustang Island, 14 mi. SW Port Aransas, Aransas
County, Texas; obtained 30 June 1948 by W.K. Clark; original No. 543.
_Range._--Known from Mustang Island only.
_Diagnosis._--Size medium (see measurements). Color pale, and as
described for _D. o. parvabullatus_. Skull small; auditory bullae
(actually and relative to remainder of skull) smaller than in any other
known kind of _Dipodomys_, except _D. o. parvabullatus_ in which breadth
across bullae is approximately the same; notably narrow across maxillary
processes of zygomatic arches.
_Comparisons._--Fr
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