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HETEROMYS. 



FIG. L. HETEROMYS ALLENI. ALLEN'S SPINY MOUSE. 



389. alleni (Heteromys), Coues, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vin, 1881, 



p. 187. 

 ALLEN'S SPINY MOUSE. 



Type locality. Hacienda Angostura, Rio Verde, State of San 

 Luis Potosi, Mexico. 



Geogr. Distr. State of San Luis Potosi, Mexico. 



Genl. Char. Soles hairy, 5-tuberculate; tail long; pelage coarse, 

 with flattened spines intermixed in the hairs; incisors yellow. 



Color. Above blackish, the hairs having buff bases and tips 

 black, the lighter color showing amid the darker one; narrow lateral 

 line from nose to thighs bright buff; under parts white; upper part 

 of arms and thighs like back; hands and feet white; ears like back, 

 edged with white; lips white; tail bicolor, above black, beneath white. 



Measurements. Total length, 238-260; tail, 115-136; hind foot, 

 28-30. 



390. torridus (Liomys), Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xv, 1902, 



P- 45- 

 TORRID SPINY MOUSE. 



Type locality. Cuicatlan, State of Oaxaca, Mexico. 



Genl. Char. Size small; arms whitish, hind foot 5-tuberculate. 



Color. Above gray, grizzled with black, forming saddle on the 

 back; lateral line indistinct; arms, hands, feet, and under parts 

 whitish; tail above dark, beneath whitish, tip all dark. 



