SIGMODON. 175 



Arricola ferrugineits Harl., Am. Journ. Scien., 1828, p. 285. 



Arvicola hortensis Harl., Med. & Phys. Res., 1835, p. 49, pi., fig. 58. 

 HISPID COTTON RAT. 



Type locality. St. John's River, east Florida. 



Geogr. Distr. North Carolina to northern Florida and west to 

 southern Louisiana. 



a. * Sigmodon litxjiidus HttoTdlis Chapman. 



Sigmodon hispid us littoralis Chapm., Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 



N. Y., 1889, p. 118. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. 



Pub., n, 1901, p. 144. Zool. Ser. 

 COAST COTTON RAT. 



Type locality. Micco, Brevard County, Florida. 

 Geogr. Distr. Southeastern Florida. 







b. Sigmodon hispidus sfxidicifujgits Bangs. 



Sigmodon hispid us spadicipygus Bangs, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. 



Hist., 1898, p. 192. 

 Sigmodon spadicipygus Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 



n, 1901, p. 145. Zool. Ser. 

 BROWN-RUMPED COTTON RAT. 



Type locality. Cape Sable, Monroe County, Florida. 



Geogr. Distr. Extreme southern part of the peninsula of Florida. 



c. Sigmodon hispid us tr.vrnsis (Audubon & Bachman). 



Arvicola texiana! Aud. & Bach., Quad. N. Am., in, 1853, p. 229. 



Sigmodon hispidus texensis Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. 



Pub., n, 1901, p. 144. Zool. Ser. 

 TEXAN COTTON RAT. 



Type locality. Brazos River, Texas. 



Geogr. Distr. Eastern Texas as far west as Vernon and San An- 

 tonio, in Wilbarger and Bexar Counties, Texas, north to Cairo, Pratt 

 County, Kansas. 



(1. Sigmodon hispidus berlandieri (Baird). 



Sigmodon berlandieri Baird, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1855, 



P- 333- 

 Sigmodon hispidus pallidus Mearns, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1897, 



p. 504. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., n, 1901, 

 p. 145. Zool. Ser. Id. Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, 

 F. C, M. Pub., iv, Pt. i, 1904, p. 228. Zool. Ser. 

 Sigmodon hispidus berlandieri Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. 

 Indies, F. C. M. Pub., iv, Pt. i, 1904, p. 227. Zool. Ser. 



*Very doubtfully separable from S. hispidus. See F. C. M. Pub., n, 1901, 

 p. 42. 



