288 NEOTOMA. 



291c. parvidens (Neotoma), Goldman, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xvn, 



1904, p. 81. 

 JUQUILA WOOD RAT. 



Type locality. Juquila, State of Oaxaca, Mexico. 



Genl. Char. Size small; tail short. 



Color. Upper parts f errugineous ; outer side of arms and legs 

 brownish fulvous ; under parts white ; axillae orange rufous ; tail above 

 dusky, beneath paler ; hands yellowish white ; feet dusky ; toes yellowish 

 white. 



Measurements. Total length, 295; tail vertebras, 141; hind foot, 

 31. Skull: greatest length, 40.5; Hensel, 32.5; zygomatic breadth, 

 20.7; interorbital constriction, 5.3; length of nasals, 15.2; palatal 

 length, 7.3; upper molar series, alveolar border, 7.4. 



291d. tropicalis (Neotoma}, Goldman, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xvn, 



1904, p. 81. 

 TROPICAL WOOD RAT. 



Type locality. Totontepec, State of Oaxaca, Mexico. 



Genl. Char. Size small; tail short, slender, thinly haired. 



Color. Upper parts dark brown; cheeks, shoulders, and sides 

 fulvous ; pectoral band salmon ; under parts dull whitish ; median line 

 on belly white; hands and feet dusky; toes whitish; tail above dusky, 

 beneath paler. 



Measurements. Total length, 325; tail vertebrae, 156; hind foot, 

 34. Skull: greatest length, 41.3; Hensel, 33.5; zygomatic breadth, 

 22.2; interorbital constriction, 5.8; length of nasals, 16.5; palatal 

 length, 7.9; length of upper molar series, alveolar border, 8.3. 



292. goldmani (Neotoma}, Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 1903, p. 48. 

 GOLDMAN'S RAT. 



Type locality. Saltillo, State of Coahuila, Mexico. 



Genl. Char. Size small ; tail short ; ears large. Skull small and 

 rounded; frontals as in N. mexicana, but broader and flatter; nasals 

 wedge-shaped, truncate posteriorly; premaxillae reaching beyond 

 nasals. 



Color. Upper parts buffy grayish, lined with black; flanks buffy 

 ochraceous; head gray; cheeks buffy ochraceous; under parts, hands 

 and feet white; tail above dark brown, beneath whitish. 



Measurements. "Average of four; total length, 279; tail verte- 

 brae, 128; hind foot, 30. Skull: basal length, 33; zygomatic width, 

 19; palatal length, 18.2; interorbital breadth, 5.5; upper molar 

 series, 7." 



293. fulvi venter (Neotoma}, Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., ix, 1894, 



p. 121. 



