Fig. 50. Geomys tuza. 

 14S Field Columbian Museum Coll. Nat. 



Genl. Char. Similar to G. tuza, but darker; feet larger; ascend- 

 ing branches of premaxilla broader and blunter; nasals narrower pos- 

 teriorly; jugal broader anteriorly; basioccipital less wedge-shaped, 

 and audital bulke larger. 



Color. Above sooty plumbeous; sides cinnamon drab; beneath 

 plumbeous tinged with buff; chin and throat white. 



Measurements. Average total length, 288; tail vertebrae, 94; hind 

 foot, 35.5. 



h. — mobilensis. [Geomys), Merr., Mon. Geom. N.Am. Faun., No. 8, 

 1895, p. 119. 



Type locality. Mobile Bay, Alabama. 



Geogr. Distr. Southern Alabama and adjacent northwest Florida. 



Genl. Char. Similar to G. tuza, smaller, darker; tail shorter. 

 Skull long and angular; frontal broad and high; sagittal ridge pres- 

 ent; interparietal deeply excavated posteriorly. 



