NEOTOMA. 165 



d.—fusca. {N(otoma), True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. Wash., 1894, p. 



354- 



Type locality. Fort Umpqua, Oregon. 



Geogr. Distr. Oregon, limits of range not determined. 



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

 colors dark. 



Color. Above blackish, sides and underneath neck tawny gray; 

 outer surface of limbs gray, under parts soiled white; fore feet white, 

 hind feet dusky. Tail, above black, buffy gray below. 



Mdisun-ments. Total length, 395; tail vertebra^ iSo; hind 

 foot, 44. 



e. ^Columbiana. (A^eoloma), Elliot, Pub. Field Columb. Mus., 1893, 

 I, p. 255; Zoology (note). 



Type locality. Ducks, British Columbia. 



Geogr. Distr. Western British Columbia, range unknown. 



Gcnl. Char. Colors paler than those of X. occidoitalis, tail less 

 than the length of head and body. 



Color. Nose and space between eyes light mouse gray; top of 

 head and back dark gray; sides of face and flanks, shoulders and 

 thighs, pale grayish buff, nearly clear buff along the belly. Entire 

 under parts and under sides of limbs white; chest and abdomen 

 tinged with yellow. Feet white. Tail bushy, at base like back, 

 remainder blackish gray, under side white. Ears blackish, naked 

 save hairy fringe on edge. 



Measurements. Total length, 408; tail to end of hair, 194; hind 

 foot, 37. 



227. arizonae. i^Xeotoma), Merr. , Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 1893, p. 



no. 



Type locality. Keam's Canon, Apache County, Arizona. 



Geogr. Distr. Moki region northeastern Arizona, northwestern 

 New Mexico, southeastern Utah, and southwestern Colorado. 



Genl. Char. Similar to N. cinerea, but smaller; ears large; a 

 broad slit-like opening on each side of the presphenoid and anterior 

 third of the basi-sphenoid, as in the round-tailed species. 



Color. Above ochraceous buff, mixed with black; feet and 

 under parts white. Tail, grayish brown above, white beneath. 



Measurements. Total length, 365; hind foot, 35; ear, 34. 



228. granger!. {iVeotoma), Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 1894, 



p. 324. 

 Type locality. Custer, Black Hills, South Dakota. 

 Geogr. Distr. South Dakota, range unknown. 

 Genl. Char. Similar in size and color to jV. cinerea, but with 

 well developed sphenopalatine vacuities. 



