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475. Acodon xerampelinus Bangs. 



Akodon! xerampelinus Bangs, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., xxxix, 



1902, p. 41. 

 Acodon xerampelinus Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, 

 F. C. M. Pub., IV, Pt. I, 1904, p. 275. Zool. Ser. 

 Bangs* Red Mouse. 



Type locality. Volcan de Chiriqui, Chiriqui, Panama. Altitude, 

 10,300 feet. 



Geogr. Distr. Panama, Central America. Range unknown. 



Subfamily III. Neotominae. Wood Rats. 



Genus 72. Neotoiiia. 



Neotoma Say and Ord, Joum. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., iv, 1825, p. 

 345, pis. XXI, XXII. Type Mus floridana Ord. 



476. Neotoma cumulator Meams. 



Neotoma cumulator Meams, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898, p. 503. 

 Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 1901, p. 154, 

 Zool. Ser. Id. Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, F. C.'M. 

 Pub., IV, Pt. I, 1904, p. 280. Zool. Ser. 

 Collector Wood Rat. 



Type locality. Old Fort Yuma, San Diego County, California. 

 Geogr. Distr. Lower California and State of Sonora, Mexico; 

 southern California. 



477. Neotoma palatina Goldman. 



Neotoma palatina Goldm., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xviii, 1905, 

 p. 27. 

 Bola5:os Wood Rat. 



Type locality. Bolanos, State of Jalisco, Mexico. Altitude, 2,800 

 feet. 



Genl. Char. Size large; ears small; spheno-palatine vacuities 

 closed ; vomer prolonged as a thin plate along median line of presphe- 

 noid, partly dividing posterior nares, and ending in a point at suture 

 between presphenoid and basisphenoid ; bullae small and heavy. 



Color. Above pale cinnamon, darker on dorsal region; cheeks 

 and sides suffused with buffy ; under parts dull white ; hairs on the 

 throat, breast, and inguinal region white to the roots; ears brownish; 

 feet white; tail scantily haired, above blackish, beneath soiled whitish. 



Measurements. Length, head and body, 187; tail vertebrae, in- 

 complete, 60; hind foot, 37. 



