160 NEOTOMA. 



c.—dispar. (Neotoma), Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 1894, p. 124. 



Type locality. Lone Pine, Owens Valley, California. 



Geogr. Distr. East base of Sierra Nevada in Owens valley, Cali- 

 fornia, and western edge of Mojave Desert. 



Genl. Char. Tail shorter than that of X. fuu-ipes ; colors pale; 

 palate shorter and pterygoid fossa longer than in N. fuscipes, and 

 post palatal notch rounded. 



Color. Above ochraceous buff, lined on back with black; sides 

 buffy ochraceous; feet and under parts white. Tail, brownish gray 

 above, below soiled white. 



Measurements. Total length, 410; tail vertebra', 208; hind foot, 

 39; ear, 31. 



d.—'iniier,tens. {Neotoma), Elliot, Pub. Field Columb. Mus., 1898, i, 

 p. 201, Zoology. 



Type locality. Portola, San Mateo County, California. 



Geogr. Distr. Coast line of California, south of San Francisco 

 Bay to Monterey County, as yet obtained only from San Mateo 

 County. 



Genl. Char. Tail less than half the length of body and head, 

 bicolor. Intermediate in size between N. fuscipes and N. macrotis, 

 hairs on throat and belly only, white to the roots. 



Color. Above and on sides reddish brown varying in some 

 examples to yellowish brown, lined with black, darkest on dorsal 

 area. Under parts and fore feet white, hind feet obscured with 

 dusky. Tail, slaty black above, light gray beneath. 



Measurements. Average total length, 417; tail vertebrae, 201; 

 hind foot, 41; ear, 36. 



e.—affinis. {N'eotoma), Elliot, Pub. Field Columb. Mus., i8g8, i, p. 

 202, Zoology. 



Type locality. Alum Rock Park, Santa Clara County, California. 



Geogr. Dtstr. Only known from Santa Clara County, California. 



Genl. Char. Size same as iV. /tfj-^r/^w, color pale, tail long, hairs 

 on central part of body beneath white to the roots. 



Color. Above reddish brown and black; dorsal region darkest; 

 flanks pale reddish brown, extending over fore legs to feet; thighs 

 paler brown grading into dusky; face yellowish gray; under parts, 

 inside of fore legs and feet white. Hairs beneath white to roots, except 

 those along the sides, inside of thighs and outer side of fore legs 

 below, which are plumbeous at base. Tail, brownish black above, 

 gray beneath. 



Measurements. Total length, 416; tail vertebrae, 193; hind leg, 

 40; ear, 33. 



