278 NEOTOMA. 



b.'" Entire under parts white to roots of PAGE 



hairs N. anthonyi 283 



h." Above light brownish gray and black. . .N. intermedia 284 

 i." Above mixed ochraceous buff and black 



N. i. melanura 284 



j." Above fulvous and black N. i. angusticeps 285 



k." Above pale yellowish brown and black. 



a/" Total length, 342 N.i. albigula 285 



b.'" Total length, 356^. N.i. durangce 285 



1." Above ochraceous buff; salmon pec- 

 toral spot N. orizabcB 286 



m." Above dark brown tinged with yellow- 

 ish N. tenuicatida 286 



n." Above cream buff, finely lined with 



black N. b. jelipensis 286 



o." Above orange rufous. 



a/" Tail above dusky N. picta 287 



b/" Tail above brownish N. isthmica 287 



p." Above ferrugineous N. parvidens 288 



q." Above dark brown N. tropicalis 288 



r." Above buffy grayish and black N. goldmani 288 



b/ Under parts pale fulvous N. fulviventer 288 



275. distincta (Neotomd), Bangs, Proc.Biol. Soc. Wash.,xvi, 1903, p. 89. 

 TEXOLO WOOD RAT. 



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



Genl. Char. Tail black; rostrum swollen over roots of incisors. 



Color. Upper parts mummy brown; back sprinkled with hairs 

 tipped with brownish black; sides paler; sides of nose and upper lips 

 dull grayish brown; chin, upper throat and narrow belly stripe dull 

 gray; pectoral collar ochraceous buff; rest of under parts yellowish 

 white; hands and feet dull grayish brown; fingers and toes white; 

 tail black; ear naked, dusky. 



Measurements. Total length, 370-417; tail vertebrae, 165-206; 

 hind foot, 40-41; ear, 20-26. Skull: basal length, 43; occipito-nasal 

 length, 48; zygomatic width, 25; mastoid width, 19.4; interorbital 

 constriction, 5.2; length of nasals, 5.6; length of palate, to palatal 

 notch, 22.2; length of palatal slits, 10.6; length of upper molar series, 

 9.4; length of single half mandible, 29.6. 



276. fuscipes (Neotoma), Baird, N. Amer. Mam., 1857, p. 495. Elliot, 



Syn. N. Am. Mamm., 1901, p. 158. 

 monochrura Rhoads, Amer. Nat., xxvin, 1894, p. 67. 

 splendens True, Proc. U. S Nat. Mus., 1894, p. 353. 



