168 NEOTOMA. 



Color. Above gray mixed with dusky, ground hue clay color to 

 pale buffy, lined with black; head gray without tinge of fulvous; feet 

 white; ears blackish; under parts white. Tail above dusky gray, 

 white beneath. 



Measurements. Total length, 393; tail vertebrae, 173; hind foot, 

 41; ear, 28. Skull: total length, 51; basal length, 49; parietal 

 breadth, 28; least interorbital breadth, 5; nasals, 19; incisive fora- 

 mina, 12; palate, 9. 



229. orolestes. [Neotoma), Merr. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 1894, p. 128. 

 Type locality. Sagauche Valley, Colorado. 



Geogr. Distr. Rocky Mountains, Colorado, Wyoming and New 

 Mexico. 



Genl. Char. Similar to iV. ««^/r(Z/ size large; tail large; spheno- 

 palatine vacuities open. 



Color. Above buffy ochraceous, suffused with fulvous and lined 

 with black; top of head grayish; feet and under parts white. Tail 

 above like back at base, remainder dusky; beneath whitish, tinged 

 with fulvous. 



Measurements. Total length, 413; tail vertebrae, 175; hind foot, 

 41; ear, 31. 



230. rupicola. (Neotoma), Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 1894, 



p. 323. 



Type locality. Corral Draw, Black Hills, South Dakota. 



Geogr. Distr. Bad Lands, South Dakota. 



Genl. Char. Similar to N. campestris, but smaller and paler, and 

 with larger ears and bushy tail. 



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

 region; feet and under parts pure white to the base of hairs. Tail 

 above gray; below white. Ears grayish, edged with white. 



Measurements. Total length, 330; tail vertebrae, 154; hind foot, 

 41; ear, 27. 



231. cinnamomea. [Neotoma), Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 



i«95, P- 331- 



Type locality. Kinney Ranch, Bitter Creek, Wyoming. 



Geogr. Distr. Wyoming, Uncompahgre Indian Reservation, 

 Utah; New Mexico. 



Genl. Char. Similar to N. rupicola, but larger, colors deeper. 



Color. Above buffy ochraceous, tinged with vinaceous, dorsal 

 region lined with black; sides ochraceous buff; feet and under parts 

 white to roots of hairs. Tail gray above, white below; ears brownish. 



Measurements. Average total length, 364; tail vertebrae, 158; 

 hind foot, 41. 



