NEOTOMA. 99 



Neotoma fulviventer Merriuin. Biological Survo}- collection. 



Truf. Biol. Sue. Wasli., IX, pp. r21-12-_', July 2, 1894. 



601G5. Skin and .skull. Adult female. Toluca Valley, Mexico, 

 Mexico. November 5, 1892. Collected l)y E. W. Nelson, Orijii- 

 nal number 3744. 



Well-nuule skin in good condition, except for a small bare space on abdomen; 

 skull perfect. 



Neotoma occidentalis fusca True. 



Diagnoses of Some rndescribed Wood Rats ((4enus Xeotoma) in the National 

 Museum, p. 2, June 27, 1894. (Reprinted in Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XVII, 

 No. 1006, p. 354, November 15, 1894.) 

 =Neotoma cinerea fusca (True). See Trouessart, Catalogus Mammalium, p. 544, 

 1897. 



3370. Skin without skull. Fort Umpqua, Douglas County, Oregon. 

 Collected by Dr. E. P. Vollum. Catalogued in 1859, about 

 February 25. 



Specimen remade into a modern study skin, February, 1902; a considerable 

 bare spot on left side, a smaller one on nose, right side, and on belly. 



Neotoma fuscipes Baird. 



Mammals of North America, p. 495, 1857. 



2202G. Skeleton. Adult male. Petaluma, California. February, 

 185ti. Collected by E. Samuels. 



The original specimen was No. 2679, preserved in alcohol, but about 1885 it 

 was prepared as a skeleton. No. 22026. Now in good condition and on exlii- 

 bition in tiie Division of Comi)arative Anatomy. Skeleton catalogued March 9, 

 1885; original specimen April. 10, 1857. 



The description immediately following the brief diagnosis reads "(2679.^). 

 This animal * * *." For that reason the specimen bearing this number is 

 considered the type. 



Neotoma goldmani Merriam. Biological Survey collection. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XVI, j). 48, March 19, 1903. 



116894. Skin and skull. Yoiuig adult male. Saltillo, ('oahuila. 

 Mexico. April 18, 1902. Collected by E. W. Nelson and PI A. 

 Goldman. Original nunil)er 15101. 



Well-made skin in good condition; skull perfect. 



Neotoma isthmica Coldman. Biological Survey collection. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XVII, pp. 80-81, March 21, 1904. 



73187. Skin and skull. Adult female. Huilotepec, 8 miles south of 

 Tehuantepcc, Oaxaca, Mexico. May 5, 1895. Collected by E. \V. 

 Nelson and E. A. (loldnian. Original number 7843. 

 Well-made skin in good condition; skull perfect. 



