244 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1894. 



Neotoma micropus Baiid. 



Xeoldiiia nii( ropits Baird, Prou. Acad. Nat. Sci. I'hila., April, 1855. 333 (from 

 Charco E.scoudido, Taiiiaulipas.'" ) Mammals of N. Am., 1857, 492-495. Allen, 

 Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., N. Y., Ill, No. 2, June, 1891, 282-285. 



JVeotoina micropus caiiescens Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 111. No. 2, 

 June, 1891, 28.5-287 (from N. Beaver Creek, Pan Handle of Oklahoma). 



Type locality : Charco Escoudido,'' Tamaulipas, Mexico (100 kilo- 

 meters or H2 miles west of Matamoras, and 44 kilometers or 27 miles 

 south of Keyiiosa. ) 



Geographic distribution.— Eiiistern subdivision of Lower Sonoran 

 Zone from San Fernando, Tamaulipas, northward to the Pan Han- 

 dle of Oklahoma, and westward to the Staked Plains ; in the Rio 

 Grande Valley west to El Paso; and in the Pecos Valley to Eddy, 

 New Mexico. 



Neotoma baileyi Merriani. 



Neotoma haileyi Merriani, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., IX, .Inly 2, 1804, 123. 



Type locality : Valentine, Nebraska. 



Geographic distribntion. — Probably Great Plains subdivision of 

 Upper Sonoran Zone in southern South Dakota, Nebraska, and 

 Kansas. 



Neotoma floridana (Ord). 



Mas flondana (Jrd, Bull. Soe. Philomath, Dee. 1818, 181-182 



Type locality : Florida. 



Geographic distribution. — Austroriparian Fauna of South Atlan- 

 tic and Gulf Coasts and lower Mississippi Valley. 



Neotoma pennsylvanica Stone. 



Neoliiiiia pc-iiiisr/vanica Stone, Proe. Acad. Nat. Sei. Phila., Fel). 1.S93, Ki-lS. 



Type locality : South ^[ountain, Cumberland Co. , Pennsylvania. 



Geographic distribution. — Allegheny Mountain region of Pennsyl- 

 vania, and probably the whole of the southern Allegheuies; north to 

 southern New York. 



Neotoma magister Baird. 



Xcntiiina iiuiifislcr Baird. Mam. X. Am.. 1857, 498. 



Type locality: Bone Caves near Carlisle (between North and 

 South Mountains), Pennsylvania. 



'" Two specimens were mentioneil in the original description, an adult male 

 from Charco Escondido, and a veryyoun^i sjtecimen in jxior condition from Santa 

 Rosalia. Chihuahua. The ori^rinal desci-iption is hased wholly on the Charco 

 Hscondi<lo specinun, which, theri'fore, must l)e taken as the type of tlu' species. 

 The Santa Kusalia animal is somewhat ahi'rrant, as shown l)y additional specimens. 



