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ORYZOMYS. 



220. fulgens (Oryzomys), Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 6th Ser.. 



1893, p. 403. 

 SHINING RICE RAT. 



Type locality. Unknown. "Mexico." 



Genl. Char. Size large; fur coarse, woolly; ears small; tail long. 



Color. Above bright fulvous; under parts whitish, tinged with 

 fawn; outer side of limbs like back, inner side whitish; hands and 

 feet silvery fawn; tail blackish above, yellowish below. 



Measurements. Total length, 301; tail, 151; hind foot, 37.5; ear 

 from notch, 13.3. Skull: zygomatic breadth, 17.8; length of nasals, 

 13.2; interorbital constriction, 4.8; length of palatine foramen, 7.3; 

 length of upper molar series, 5.2. (Thomas, 1. c.) 



FIG. XXXIX. ORYZOMYS MOLESTUS. OCOTLAN RICE RAT. 



221. molestus (Oryzomys}, Elliot, Pub. Field Columb. Mus., n, 



1903, p. 145. Zoology. 

 OCOTLAN RICE RAT. 



Type locality. Ocotlan, State of Jalisco, Mexico. 



Genl. Char. Size large; ears small; tail very long; color beneath 

 uniform. Skull about half as broad as long; supraorbital beads diver- 

 ging posteriorly from least interorbital width in almost straight lines, 

 unlike those of 0. fulgens; palatal arch with an azygos central point; 

 palatine foramina very long and broad. 



Color. Above dark fulvous; flanks pale buff; forehead darker 

 than back; under parts grayish white, with a nearly pure white 

 pectoral spot; limbs like back; hands and feet grayish; tail nearly 

 naked, pale brown above, lighter beneath; ears pale brown. 



Measurements. Total length, 325; tail vertebras, 170; hind foot, 

 38. Skull: greatest length, 35; Hensel, 28; zygomatic width, 18; 

 mastoid width, 14; length of nasals, 14; width of rostrum, 6; inter- 

 orbital constriction, 6; palatal length, 7 ; length of upper tooth row, 6. 



