PHENACOMYS FIBKR. 97 



Phenacomys truei Allen. 



Bull. Anier. Miis. Nut. lli.^t., VI, \<. 831, November 7, 1.S94. 

 = Phenacomys orophilus Merriam. See Miller, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XI, p. 80, 

 April 21, 1897. 



sVsVi- !*^ki" ii'i^l skull. Adult. "Black Hills." August lU, 1857. 

 Collected l)y Dr. "\V. A. Hammond, U. S. A. Original number 109. 

 Wagon road to r>iido<'r.s Pass, Kocky Mountains, Lieut. F, T. 

 Bryan, U. S. A. Miller, loc. cif., says, ""It is therefore almost 

 beyond doubt that the type of Phenacornyx tnui was colhuted in 

 Albany County or Laramie CountA^ Wyoming, a few miles north- 

 east of the present town of Laramie." Skin catalogued October 7, 

 1857: skull. November 1:5, 1894. 



Skin in j^oor condition, the anterior party much torn and glued to a cotton till- 

 ing. Right fore leg niisi-ing. Apparently good for color. Skull very frag- 

 mentary; practically of value only for the molar teeth, of wliich three of the left 

 mandiljular ramus are missing. 



Genus FIBER. 



Fiber zibethicus hudsonius Preble. Biological Survey collection. 

 North Amer. Fauna, No. 22, pji. o3-54, October 81, 1902. 

 I06S8I. Skin and skull. Adult male. Fort Churchill, Kecwatin, 

 Canada. August 9. 1900. Collected by A. E. Preble. Original 

 number 3081 (E. A. Preble). 



Well-made skin in good condition; skull perfect. 



Fiber macrodon Merriam. Biological Survey' collection. 



Proc. Biol. 80c. Wash., XI, p. 14:{, May l.'i, 1897. 

 75940. Skin and skull. Adult female. Lake Drummond. Dismal 

 Swamp. \'irgiiiia. October',). 1895. Collected by Dr. A. K. Fisher. 

 Original ninnl)er 1788. 



Well-made skin in good condition; skull perfect. 



Fiber zibethicus ripensis Bailey. Biological Survey collection. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XV, p. 119, June 2, 1902. 



109012. Skin and skull. Adult male. Carlsbad. Pecos River, New 



Mexico: July 26, 1901 (not Jidy 25 as in original description). 



Collected by \ . Bailey. Original number 7757. 



Well-made skin in good condition; left fore foot injured Ijy insects and hang- 

 ing by a threa<l of skin; skull perfect. 



Fiber spatulatus Osgood. Biological Survey collection. 



North Amer. j'aunu, N<>. I'.i, pp. ;;<)-;i7, i)l. (>, tig. 4, October ti, 1900. 

 98507. Skin and skidl. Young adult female. Lake Marsh, Vid^on, 

 Canada. July :5, 181»;t. Collected hy W . 11. Osgood. Original 

 number h^rl. 



Well-made skin in good comlition. except for absence of tip of tail; left fore 

 foot detached ; skull perfect. 

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