164 NEOTOMA. 



under parts white. Tail, above grayish lead color, beneath white. 

 Belly hairs pure white to the roots. 



Measurements. Total length, 387; tail vertebra, 165; hind foot, 

 42; ear, 31.5. 



a. — lepida. {A''eo/c>7//i7), Thomas, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., 1893, p. 



235- 



Type locality. Utah. 



Geogr. Distr. Range not known. 



Genl. Char. Size small; skull small, delicate; frontal profile 

 flattened; supra orbital edges square, scarcely ridged; palatine fora- 

 men as in N. macrotis; molars small. 



Color. Above ashy gray, washed with pale fawn; under parts 

 white, hairs on belly gray at base. Tail, thickly haired, brownish 

 fawn above, white beneath. 



Measurements. Total length, 280; tail vertebra^ 100; hind foot, 

 27.2; ear, 25. 



b.—drummondi. {Myoxus), Richards, Zool. Jour., 1828, p. 517. 



Type locality. Rocky Mountains, British Columbia, N. Lat. 57°. 



Geogr. Distr. Limits unknown. Eastern British Columbia and 

 western Canada. 



Genl Char. Tail bushy, longer than the body; ears large, oval; 

 posterior half of soles furred. 



Color. General color light yellowish brown mixed with black; 

 feet and under parts white. Tail, basal portion above like back, 

 remainder dark lead gra\; beneath white. 



Measurements. Total length, 393; tail vertebra^ 165; hind foot, 

 36; ear, 20. 



c.—oecidentalis. {Neotowa), Baird, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 



1855. P- 335- 



Type locality. Shoalwater Bay, Washington. 



Geogr. Distr. Pacific coast region of Oregon and Washington, 

 eastward to plains of central Idaho. 



Genl. Char. Tail longer than the body without head, ears large, 

 scantily haired; posterior part of sole furred. 



Color. Upper parts dark brown nearly black, lined with yel- 

 lowish brown, sides tinged with yellowish brown, feet and under 

 parts bluish white. Tail above basal part like back, remainder 

 brownish plumbeous. Long black hairs are visible over the bod}-. 



Measurements. Total length, 412; tail vertebra, 192; hind foot, 

 33; ear, 26, 



