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Arvicola jerrugineus Harl., Am. Journ. Scien., 1828, p. 285. 



Arvicola hortensis Harl., Med. & Phys. Res., 1835, P- 49. pl-. fig- 58. 

 Hispid Cotton Rat. 



Type locality. St. John's River, east Florida. 



Geogr. Distr. North Carolina to northern Florida and west to 

 southern Louisiana. 



a. *Sigmodon hispidus littoralis Chapman. 



Sigmodon hispidus littoralis Chapm., Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 

 N. Y., 1889, p. 118. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. 

 Pub., II, 1901, p. 144. Zool. Ser. 

 Coast Cotton Rat. 



Type locality. Micco, Brevard County, Florida. 

 Geogr. Distr. Southeastern Florida. 



h. Sigmodon hispidus spadicipygiis Bangs. 



Sigmodon hispidus spadicip^us Bangs, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. 



Hist., 1898, p. 192. 

 Sigmodon spadicipygus Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 

 II, 1901, p. 145. Zool. Ser. 

 Brown-rumped Cotton Rat. 



Type locality. Cape Sable, Monroe County, Florida. 



Geogr. Distr. Extreme southern part of the peninsula of Florida. 



c. Sigmodon hispidus texensis (Audubon & Bachman). 



Arvicola texiana! Aud. & Bach., Quad. N. Am., in, 1853, p. 229. 



Sigmodon hispidus texensis Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. 

 Pub., II, 1901, p. 144. Zool. Ser. 

 Texan Cotton Rat. 



Type locality. Brazos River, Texas. 



Geogr. Distr. Eastern Texas as far west as Vernon and San An- 

 tonio, in Wilbarger and Bexar Counties, Texas, north to Cairo, Pratt 

 County, Kansas. 



d. Sigmodon hispidus berlandieri (Baird). 



Sigmodon berlandieri Baird, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1855, 



P- Z2>?>- 



Sigmodoji hispidus pallidus Mearns, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1897, 

 p. 504. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 1901, 

 p. 145. Zool. Ser. Id. Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, 

 F. C. M. Pub., IV, Pt. I, 1904, p. 228. Zool. Ser. 



Sigmodon hispidus berlandieri Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. 

 Indies, F. C. M. Pub., iv, Pt. i, 1904, p. 227. Zool. Ser. 



♦Very doubtfully separable from S. hispidus. See F. C. M. Pub., 11, 1901, 

 p. 42. 



