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Dipodomys compactus True. 



Proc. V. S. Nat. Mas., XI, No. 559, p. 160, January 5, 1889. 



jslir- Skin only (skull lo.st). Adult female. Padre Island, Texas. 

 April 8, 1888. Purchased from C. K. Worthen. Catalogued Au- 

 gust 13, 1891. 



Skill rather carelessly made up. Some epidermis has sUpped fruui about thi' 

 nose. A sewed-up cut along the throat looks as if the specimen had been made 

 up with a skull inside and that the latter had afterwards been removed. This 

 skull can not be found at present. 



Type not desijjnated. The description was based upon one specimen only. 

 The data, including three measurements of the above specimen, agree in every 

 respect with those given in the original description. 



Dipodomys spectabilis cr'atodon Merriam. Biological Surve}^ coll. 

 Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XX, p. 75, July 22, 1907. 



789.53. Skin and skull. Adult male. Chicalote, Agiias Calientes, 

 Mexico. July 2, 1896. Collected by E. W. Nelson and E. A. 

 Goldman. Original number 9734. 



Well-made skin in good condition; skull perfect. 



Dipodomys deserti Stephens. 



.\mer. Nat., XXI, p. 42, pi. 5, January, 1887. 



if|||. Skin and skull. Adult female. Mohave River, California. 

 June 29, 1886. Collected by F. Stephens. Oi-iginal number 3U. 

 Catalogued December 29, 1886. 



Well-made skin in good condition; skull jierfect. 

 Type designated by the original number. 



Dipodomys elator Merriam. Biological Survey collection. 



Pro.-. \'>\n\. Sue. \Va.-h., IX, pp. 109-110, June 21, 1894. 



64802. Skin and skull. Adult male. Henrietta, Texas. April 13, 

 1894. Collected by J. A. Loring. Original number 1804. 

 Well-made skin in good condition; skull jierfect. 



Dipodomys merriami exilis Merriam. Biological Survey collection. 

 Proc. P.iol. Soc. Wash., IX, p. li:',, June 21, 1894. 



is^lii- Skinandskull. Vouiigadult male. Fresno, Call fortiia. Sep- 

 tember 23, 1891. Collected by V. Bailey. Original iuiml)cr 3277. 

 Well-made skin in good condition; skull perfect. 



Dipodomys insularis Merriam. Biological Survey collecLion. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XX, p. 77, July 22, 1907. 



79053. Skinandskull. Adult female. San Jose Island, Lower Cali- 

 fornia, :Me.\ico. August (i, 1895. Collected by J. E. McLellan. 

 Original number 1457. 



Well-made skin in good c(Miditi(jn; skull perfect, except broken tips of nasals. 



