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10 CALUROMYS. 



Geogr. Distr. Nicaragua in Central America to Peru in South 

 America. 



Genl. Char. Tail longer than head and body, furred for one- 

 third of its length. 



Color. Upper parts, sides, and outer side of limbs brownish rust 

 color; under parts soiled white; head brownish gray with a median 

 dusky stripe from forehead to nose ; orbital region brown ; gray dorsal 

 stripe from between shoulders to root of tail; gray line behind fore- 

 arms and one on leg from knee upward; lower part of arms and 



FIG. III. CALUROMYS DERBIANUS. EARL OF DERBY'S OPOSSUM. 



hands white; feet dusky; tail brown on basal portion, naked part 

 pinkish spotted with dark brown; ears pale brown, naked. 



Measurements. Total length, 765; tail, 425; hind foot, 47.5; 

 ear, 30. 



Jajiiger pallidus (Philander}, Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 7th 



Ser., iv, 1899, p. 286. 

 PALE WOOLLY OPOSSUM. 



Type locality. Bogava, Chiriqui, Panama. Altitude, about 750 

 feet. 



Geogr. Distr. Southeastern Central America. 



Color. Above pale gray or pale rufous; face brownish; forearms, 

 shoulders, and sides of hips pale gray; hind legs whitish or tinged 

 with rufous; tail whitish gray, naked part mottled. 



Measurements. Total length, 587 ; tail, 398; hind foot, 43 ; ear, 32. 

 Skull: "Greatest length, 61; greatest breadth, 35; length of upper 

 molars, 9." 



