DIPODOMYS. 



CALIFORNIA KANGAROO RAT. 



Type Lh'ality. Ukiah, Mendocino County, California. 

 Geogr. Distr. Northwestern California. 



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il. I >i li/iilnni Ijs rill i J'nril iril ft lull I i (III III \ BangS. 



Dipodomys c>iliiornicns pallidnlns Bangs, Proc. New Engl. Zool. 



Club, i, 1899, p. 65. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. 



Pub., n, 1901, Append., p. 431. Zool. Ser. 

 PALER KANGAROO RAT. 



Type locality. Sites, Colusa County, California. 

 Geogr. Distr. Known only from the type locality. 



723. Dipodomys elator Merriam. 



Dipt'doinys cLitor Merr.. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., ix, 1894, p. 109. 



Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., n, 1901, p. 235. 



Zool. Ser. 

 PROUD KANGAROO RAT. 



Type locality. Henrietta, Clay County, Texas. 

 Geogr. Distr. Northern Texas. Range unknown. 



724. Dipodomys deserti Stephens. 



Dipodomys deserti Stephens, Amer. Nat., xxi, 1887, p. 42. Elliot, 

 Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., n, 1901, p. 235. Zool. 

 Ser. Id. Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, F. C. M. Pub., 

 iv, Pt. i, 1904, p. 345. Zool. Ser. 

 DESERT KANGAROO RAT. 



Type locality. Mohave River, San Bernardino County, California. 

 Geogr. Distr. Mohave and Colorado deserts, southeastern Cali- 

 fornia, south to the State of Sonora and Lower California, Mexico. 



n. Di iindoin ijx ili-fti-rti lirllrri Elliot. 



Dipodomys deserti helleri Elliot, Pub. Field Columb. Mus., in, 



1903, p. 249. Zool. Ser. 

 HELLER'S KANGAROO RAT. 



/ v/v lo'.ility. Keeler, Owens Lake, Inyo County, California. 



Geogr. Distr. Known only from the type locality. 



Gcnl. ('Ii<ir. Si/.e similar to that of D. deserti; color pale ochra- 

 ceous instead of pale yellowish brown; upper'part of tail like the back, 

 with no black markings; no black on face. 



Color. Upper parts pale ochraceous or dark pinkish buff, a similar 

 tint t<> that of D. tu. nitrntns: line over ryes, sides of nose, fore 

 part of face, entire under parts, limbs and feet, pun- white; tail with 

 pale ochraceous line above. becoming ochraceous near the tip; sides 

 and under part of lip pure white; ear same color as the back. 



