MOSCHOPHOROMYS. 



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FIG. 41. MOSCHOPHOROMYS DESMARESTI. 

 Ex. Ann. Scien. Nat., Zool., xix, pi. i. Nat. size. 



case above squamosals, 21; breadth of interparietal, 11.5; length of 

 lower molar series, 9. 



244. luciae (Oryzomys) , Forsyth Major, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 7th 



Ser., vii, 1901, p. 206. 

 ST. LUCIA RICE RAT. 



Type locality. Island of St. Lucia, West Indies. 



Genl. Char. Smaller than M. desmaresti; anterior margin of 

 infraorbital foramen more convex anteriorly; belly brown. 



Color. Brown, which hue also includes the belly. 



Measurements. Skull : occipito-nasal length, 48.8 ; length of nasals, 

 19.4; length of incisive foramina, 8; mastoid breadth, 16; length of 

 molar series, 7.5 ; from foramen magnum to front of incisors, 41 ; from 

 posterior edge of foramen magnum to tip of nasals, 48.8; length of 

 nasals, 19.4; Hensel, 12.8; length of incisive foramina, 8; greatest 



