NEOTOMA. 207 



ALLIED WOOD RAT. 



Type locality. Portola, San Mateo County, California. 



Geogr. Distr. Coast line of California south of San Francisco Bay 

 to Monterey County. 



e. .Yrntninn fusci/H'x K /fiit is Elliot. 



Neotoma fuscipes affinis Elliot, Pub. Field Columb. Mus., i, 1898, 

 p. 202. Zool. Ser. Id. Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 

 n, 1901, p. 160. Zool. Ser. 

 RELATED WOOD RAT. 



Type locality. Alum Rock Park, Santa Clara County, California. 

 Geogr. Distr. Known only from the type locality. 



479. Neotoma distincta Bangs. 



Neotoma distincta Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xvi, 1903, p. 

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

 iv, Pt. i, 1904, p. 278. Zool. Ser. 

 TEXOLO WOOD RAT. 



Type locality. Texolo, State of Vera Cruz, Mexico. 



Geogr. Distr. State of Vera Cruz, Mexico. Range unknown. 



480. Neotoma mohavensis (Elliot). 



Neotoma fuscipes mohavensis Elliot, Pub. Field Columb. Mus., 



in, 1903, p. 246. Zool. Ser. 

 MOHAVE DESERT WOOD RAT. 



Type locality. Oro Grande, Mohave Desert, San Bernardino 

 County, California. 



Geogr. Distr. Mohave Desert, southern California. 



Genl.. Char. Smaller than N . f. macrotis, more grayish in color, 

 and with smaller feet. 



Color. Upper parts dark drab gray, darkest on top of head and 

 on the dorsal line; sides paler, inclined to buffy; arms buffy gray; 

 thighs light gray or dark plumbeous; chin, throat, inner sides of fore 

 legs, thighs, and ventral region, with the lower parts of hands and 

 feet white; hairs on sides plumbeous at base; all the others on under 

 parts white to the roots; tail above blackish brown, beneath whitish 

 brown, line of demarcation very distinct; ears naked, dark brown. 



Measurements. Total length, 384; tail vertebrae, 173; hind foot, 

 40; ear from notch, 31. Skull: occipito-nasal length, 47; Hensel, 39; 

 zygomatic width, 24; interorbital constriction, 5; length of nasals, 

 16; palatal length, 21; length of upper tooth row, 9; length of man- 

 dible, 31 ; length of lower tooth row, 8. 



481. Neotoma cnemophila (Elliot). 



Neotoma fuscipes cnemophila Elliot, Pub. Field Columb. Mus., 

 in, 1904, p. 267. Zool. Ser. 



