NEOTOMA. 219 



Color. Above dull ochraceous buff; palest on head and sides, 

 mixed with blackish hairs; under parts white to roots on throat, 

 chest, and inguinal region, rest plumbeous at base of fur; nose, upper 

 side of forearms and outer side of legs, grayish brown; feet white, 

 tail above blackish, beneath whitish ; ears brownish. 



Measurements. Length head and body, 181; tail vertebrae, 91, 

 broken; hind foot, 39. 



509. Neotoma orizabas Merriam. 



Neotoma orizabce Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., ix, 1894, p. 122. 



Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, F. C. M. Pub., iv, 



Pt. i, 1904, p. 286. Zool. Ser. 

 ORIZABA WOOD RAT. 



Type locality. Mt. Orizaba, State of Puebla, Mexico. 



Geogr. Distr. States of Puebla, Tlaxcala, and Vera Cruz, Mexico. 



510. Neotoma tenuicauda Merriam. 



Neotoma tenuicauda Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., vn, 1892, 

 p. 169. Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, F. C. M. 

 Pub., iv, Pt. i, 1904, p. 286. Zool. Ser. 

 SLENDER-TAILED WOOD RAT. 



Type locality. North slope of the Sierra Nevada de Colima, State 

 of Jalisco, Mexico. Altitude, 12,000 feet. 



Geogr. Distr. Sierra Nevada de Colima, State of Jalisco, Mexico. 



511. Neotoma picta Goldman. 



Neotoma picta Goldm., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xvn, 1904, p. 79. 



Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, F. C. M. Pub., iv, 



Pt. i, 1904, p. 287. Zool. Ser. 

 PAINTED WOOD RAT. 



Type locality. Chilpancingo, State of Guerrero, Mexico. 

 Geogr. Distr. State of Guerrero, Mexico. Range unknown. 



512. Neotoma isthmica Goldman. 



Neotoma isthmica Goldm., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xvn, 1904, 

 p. 80. Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, F. C. M. 

 Pub., iv, Pt. i, 1904, p. 287. Zool. Ser. 

 ISTHMIAN WOOD RAT. 



Type locality. Huilo tepee, eight miles south of Tehuantepec, 

 State of Oaxaca, Mexico. 



Geogr. Distr. State of Oaxaca. Range unknown. 



513. Neotoma parvidens Goldman. 



Neotoma parvidens Goldm., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xvn, 1904, 

 p. Si. Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, F. C. M. 

 Pub., iv, Pt. i, 1904, p. 288. Zool. Ser. 



