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type locality
noun
- Biology. the locality in which a type specimen was collected.
- Geology. the place at which a type section is located.
type locality
- The place or source where a holotype or type species was first found and recognized.
- The place or region chosen as a standard of reference when describing a type of mineral, rock, series of rocks, or formation. The type locality is the place where that particular type occurs in its most classic form.
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It inhabits an area of light-colored sandy soil at the type locality.
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Baird, in the original description, gives "near Fort Massachusetts" as the type locality for this subspecies.
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The habitat at the type locality is such that a person would not expect it to be inhabited by kangaroo rats.
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Even so, 500 traps set in the area of the type locality over a period of two nights yielded no Dipodomys.
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The specimens seem not to differ from Texan specimens from the type locality and Mustang Island.
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