Genl. Char. Similar to Z. tn'notatus, but of smaller size. 



Color. Fall Pelage. Dorsal area darkest and mixed with yellow- 

 ish; sides yellowish lined with black; under parts and feet white; tail 

 above dusky, beneath gray. 



^fcasurements. Total length, 245 ; tail vertebra', 145 ; hind 

 foot, 32. 



B. 



Premolar absent; sulcus on inner side of upper molars deeper; 

 first and second molars equal in size; skull rather stout relatively. 



Fig. 60. Napeozapus insignis. 



No. 98799 U. S. Nat'l Museum Coll. Nat. size. 



Upper tooth row. Lower tooth row. 



Enlarged 8 times. Enlarged 8 times. 



403. insignis. {Zapus), Miller, Am. Nat., 1891, p. 472. 



labradorius, {Meriottis), Dawson, Edin. New Phil. Jour., N. S., 

 1856, III, p. 2. (nee Kerr.) 



Type locality. Restigouche River, New Brunswick. 



Geogr. Disir. Eastern Canada south to western Maryland. 



Genl. Char. Large; pale coloration; tail white-tipped. 



Color. Dorsal stripe black mixed with buffy-yellow; sides buffy- 

 yellow tinged with clay color; cheeks, fore neck and lateral line of 

 body yellow; ears like back on outside, inside buffy-yellow; beneath 

 white; tail above dark brown, tip white. 



Measurements. Total length, 238; tail vertebrae, 146.7; hind 

 foot, 31. 1. 



a.—rnanensis. {Za/<us), Preble, N. Am. Faun., 1899, p. 35. 



Type locality. Roan Mountain, North Carolina. 



Geogr. Distr. Only known from type locality. 



Genl. Char. Smaller than Z. /«j-/i,v//y, and darker colored. Skull 

 smaller. 



