NEOTOMA. 157 



Measurements. Total length, 371; tail vertebra-, 165; hind 

 foot, 39. 



218. floridana. (. !/««), Ord, Bull. Soc. Philom. Phil., 1818, p. 181. 

 Type locality. Florida. 



Geogr. Distr. South Atlantic and Gulf Coasts, and lower Mis- 

 sissippi Valley. 



Genl. Char. Tail short: about three-fourths the length of head 

 and body; ears and feet large; tubercles on soles large. 



Color. Above plumbeous, darkest on dorsal region, mixed with 

 dark brown and pale yellowish brown, the latter jiredominating on 

 flanks. Feet and under parts white. Tail, above dusky, below 

 white. 



Measurements. Total length, 388: tail vertebra;, 173; hind foot, 

 40; ear, 27. 



c.—iittwaferi {.Vec'tc'rna), Mearns, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. Wash., 

 1897, p. 721. 



Type locality. Lacey's Ranch, Turtle Creek, Kerr County, Texas. 



Geogr. Distr. Southern Texas; limits not determined. 



Genl. Char. Similar to N. floridana, but tail more hairy; colors 

 paler. 



Color. Above ochraceous butf mixed with grayish and lined 

 with black; sides clear ochraceous buff. Outer surface of limbs 

 light gray. Feet and under parts white. Tail, above mouse gray, 

 beneath white. 



Measurements. Total length, 387; tail vertebrae, 178; hind foot, 

 39- 4- 



219. pennsylvanica. {Neotoma), Stone, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. 



Phil., 1893. p. 16. 



Type locality. Lewis Cave, South Mountain, Cumberland County, 

 Pennsylvania. 



Geogr. Distr. New York to Virginia in Alleghany Mountains. 



Genl. Char. Similar to A', floridana; tail less than head and 

 body; ears moderately large. 



Color. Above grayish buff lined with black, darkest on dorsal 

 region; sides pale ochraceous lined with black; outer side of limbs 

 pale buff grading into blue gray on lower parts; sides of lower 

 throat deep buff; feet and under parts white: hairs of chin and 

 upper parts of throat and middle of belly white to the roots. Whisk- 

 ers black. Tail, above black mixed with brown, beneath grayish 

 white. Ear blackish, apical half naked. 



Measurements. Total length, 397; tail vertebrii\ 175; hind foot, 45. 



