ORYZOMYS. 2H7 



Genl. Char. Ears small, rounded; hind feet large; tail long, scaly; 

 pelage harsh. 



Color. Above reddish brown mixed with black; flanks pale 

 rufous; under parts whitish; breast washed with rufous 1 ; ^ail ajm^t 

 unicolor, paler beneath; hands and feet grayish. 



Measurements. Total length, 276; tail vertebrae, 149; hind 

 foot, 28. 



214. palatinus (Oryzomys), Merr., Proc. Wash. Acad. Scien., in, 



1901, p. 290. 

 TABASCAN RICE RAT. 



Type locality. Teapa, State of Tabasco, Mexico. 



Genl. Char. Size small; similar to O. chapmani, but more reddish 

 generally. Skull light, slender; supraorbital bead barely perceptible; 

 outer sides of zygomata parallel; incisive foramina separated by a 

 broad septum. 



Color. Above mixed deep rufous and black; sides and cheeks 

 pale rufous; beneath whitish; hind feet whitish; tail dark above, 

 paler beneath. 



Measurements. Total length, 209; tail vertebrae, 106; hind 

 foot, 25. 



215. hylocetes (Oryzomys), Merr., Proc. Wash. Acad. Scien., in, 



1901, p. 291. 

 MARSH RICE RAT. 



Type locality. Chicharras, State of Chiapas, Mexico. 



Genl. Char. Small; ears large; similar to 0. palatinns. Skull: 

 nasals flat, truncate anteriorly. 



Color. Above dark rufous brown, beneath whitish; hind feet 

 dark; ears and tail blackish. 



Measurements. Total length, 217; tail vertebrae, 118; hind 

 foot, 27. 



216. rhabdops (Oryzomys), Merr., Proc. Wash. Acad. Scien., in, 



1901, p. 291. 

 STRIPED-FACE RICE RAT. 



Type locality. Calel, Guatemala. Altitude, 10,000 feet. 



Geogr. Distr. State of Chiapas, Mexico, into Guatemala, Central 

 America. 



Genl. Char. Medium size; ears large. Skull: zygomata "squar- 

 ish," spreading. 



Color. Above grizzled fulvous and black; sides and cheeks paler; 

 beneath whitish; side of nose pale fulvous; streak from nose to eye 

 blackish; tail dusky brown above, yellowish beneath; ears blackish. 



