158 NEOTOMA. 



n.—siirberi. {A'c(>/<>>/ia), Elliot, Pub. Field Columb. Mus., 1899, i. 

 p. 279, Zoology. 



Ty/>e locality. Canon three miles west of Alva, Oklahoma Ter- 

 ritory. 



Geogr. Distr. Northwestern Oklahoma. 



Genl. Char. Similar to N. micropus, but darker, tail longer and 

 almost black above. 



Color. Upper parts, fore legs and flanks iron gray; hairs tipped 

 with wliiie. Beneath white; hairs of chin, throat, breast and space 

 between hind legs white to the roots, remainder plumbeous at base. 

 Feet white. Tail long; above grayish black on basal third; almost 

 pure black for remainder; beneath white. 



MeasKrewen/s. Total length, 430; tail vertebr.e, 197; hind foot, 

 43- 



217. campestris. \Xeo/oma), .Mien, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 

 1894, p. 322. 



Type locality. Pendennis. Lane County, Kansas. 



Gfogr. Distr. Kansas and Colorado. 



Genl. Char. Similar in size and in skull to ^V. micropus, but 

 colors different, .\bove yellowish gray varying to buffy ochraceous 

 and lined with black; feet and under parts white. Tail pale grayish 

 brown above, pure white below. 



Measurements. Total length, 3S8; tail vertebra^, 155; hind foot, 

 40.5; car, 25. 



<i.—riibulii.. {Neotoma), Bangs, Proc. Host. Soc, 1898, p. 185. 



Type locality. Gibson, Louisiana. 



Geogr. Distr. Lower Mississippi Valley, east to western Florida. 



Genl. Char. 'L.d.r get \.ha.n N. fl or Ida na ; color more red. 



Color. .Vbove dark cinnamon russet, mixed with black on head 

 and back; sides paler; under parts yellowish white; base of hairs 

 plumbeous only along lower sides; feet white; ears dusky; tail red- 

 dish dusky above, grayer beneath. 



Measurements. Total length, 403; tail vertebr;i\ 185; hind 

 foot, 42. 



h. — briilet^i. (Neotoma), Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 1894, p. 123. 



Type locality. Valentine, Nebraska. 



Geogr. Distr. Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma Territory. 



Genl. Char. Similar to X. floridana, but ears smaller, tail 

 shorter, molars larger. 



Color. Above grizzled gray; face clear gray; under parts white 

 to roots of hair except on belly where the basal part is plumbeous. 

 Feet white. Tail, dusky above, white below. 



