NEOTOMA. 211 



RUSTY WOOD RAT. 



Type locality. Duenas, Guatemala. 



Geogr. Distr. Tehuantepec, State of Oaxaca, Mexico, south into 

 Guatemala. 



a. .Yi'otmiia ffrnt gi nt'tt ocli raced Goldman. 



Neotoma ferruginea ocliracea Goldm., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 



xvni, 1905, p. 30. 

 ATEMAJAC WOOD RAT. 



Type locality. Atemajac, near Guadalajara, State of Jalisco, 

 Mexico. Altitude, 4,000 feet. 



Genl. Char. Smaller than N. ferruginea, tail sharply bicolor; 

 skull with comparative differences. 



Color. Above light ochraceous buff, darkest on dorsal region; 

 under parts dingy white washed with buff ; pectoral region ochraceous 

 buff; nose and upper lip grayish white; tail brownish above, whitish 

 below. 



Measurements. Total length, 348; tail vertebrae, 161; hind 

 foot, 38. 



ferruginea *<>lit<iri Goldman. 



Neotoma ferruginea solitaria Goldm., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 



xvm, 1905, p. 31. 

 NENTON WOOD RAT. 



Type locality. Nenton, Guatemala. 



Genl. Char. Similar to N. ferruginea but smaller; outer side of 

 forearms and hind legs not dusky. Differences of skull comparative. 



Color. Above tawny ochraceous; top of head ochraceous buff; 

 outer sides of forearms and hind legs blackish ; under parts dull white ; 

 chin and throat pure white; fore feet white; hind feet clouded with 

 dusky to toes which are white; tail brownish black above, dull gray 

 beneath; tip brownish. 



Measurements. Total length, 338; tail vertebras, 156; hind 

 foot, 35. 



489. Neotoma pinetorum Merriam. 



Neotoma pinetorum Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., vni, 1893, 

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

 p. 158. Zool. Ser. 

 PINE WOOD RAT. 



Type locality. San Francisco Mountain, Coconino County, Ari- 

 zona. 



Geogr. Distr. Pine covered plateau of Arizona. 



