NEOTOMA. 215 



plumbeous ; upper sides of forearms dusky brown ; outer sides of hind 

 legs and inner sides of ankles blackish ; feet white ; tail above brownish 

 black, beneath grayish. 



Measurements. Total length, 342; tail vertebrae, 167; hind 

 foot, 35.7. 



500. Neotoma grandis (Elliot). 



Neotoma desertorum grandis Elliot, Pub. Field Columb. Mus., in, 



1903, p. 247. Zool. Ser. 

 CAMERON LAKE WOOD RAT. 



Type locality. Cameron Lake, Sierra Nevada, Kern County, 

 California. 



Geogr. Distr. Known only from the type locality. 



Genl. Char. Similar to N. desertorum, but larger; tail more hairy 

 and blacker above. 



Color. Upper parts mixed buff and black; sides and thighs 

 bright buff with less black ; nose and sides of face buff ; under parts 

 and feet white ; under fur along sides and thighs plumbeous ; hairs on 

 throat, chest, and middle of ventral surface white to the roots; tail 

 very hairy, black above, white beneath; ears pale brown, the tuft of 

 hair at base succeeded by a band of black hairs near middle of ear. 



Measurements. Total length, 385; tail vertebras, 185; hind foot, 

 38; ear, 30. Skull: total length, 47; Hensel, 40; zygomatic width, 

 23; interorbital constriction, 6; length of nasals, 17; palatal length, 

 21 ; length of upper molar series, 8; length of mandible, 30; length of 

 lower molar series, 9. 



501. Neotoma desertorum Merriam. 



Neotoma desertorum Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., ix, 1894, p. 125. 

 Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., n, 1901, p. 161. 

 Zool. Ser. 

 DEATH VALLEY WOOD RAT. 



Type locality. Furnace Creek, Death Valley, Inyo County, Cali- 

 fornia. 



Geogr. Distr. Mohave, Colorado, and Sonoran Deserts of south- 

 eastern California, western Nevada, and western Utah, north to east 

 Humboldt Valley, and Kelton, Utah. 



a. Neotom,a desc.rtoriun> sola Merriam. 



Neotoma desertorum sola Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., ix, 1894, 

 p. 126. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., n, 1901, 

 p. 161. Zool. Ser. 

 SOLITARY WOOD RAT. 



Type locality. San Emigdio, Kern County, California. 

 Geogr. Distr. Head of San Joaquin Valley, California. 



