SYSTEMATIC POSITION OF NEOTOMA 7 



Within the subgenus Neotoma Goldman recognized seven 

 groups. Of it there have been accepted, at least tentatively, 

 26 species and 35 subspecies out of the total of 72 forms so 

 far proposed (see Miller, 1924). The subgenus Homodonto- 

 mys includes but one well-marked species, of which there are 

 considered to be five valid subspecies, while five additional 

 forms described have been placed in synonymy. The sub- 

 genus Teonoma is also considered to contain but a single 

 species, of which there are eight subspecies, with five more 

 placed in synonymy. There have thus been 97 forms of the 

 genus Neotoma described. 



The range of the genus extends from the Atlantic to the 

 Pacific, but is discontinuous in much of the eastern United 

 States; and from Nicaragua north in British Columbia 

 almost to Alaska. 



