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Neotoma lepida flava Benson 



1935. Neotoma lepida flava Benson, Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan 

 No. 317, p. 7, July 1, 1935. 



Type Locality. — Tinajas Altas, Yuma County, Ariz. Altitude, 1,150 feet. 

 Range. — Known from type locality only. Probably restricted to southern end 

 of Tinajas Altas Mountains. 



Neotoma lepida bensoni Blossom 



1935. Neotoma lepida bensoni Blossom, Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan 

 No. 315, p. 1, May 29, 1935. 



Type Locality. — Papago Tanks, Sierra Pinacate, Sonora, Mexico. Range. — 

 Known only from nearly black lava of Sierra Pinacate in Sonora, but doubtless 

 occurs also on Pinacate lava plain, which extends from these mountains north- 

 ward into Yuma County, Ariz. 



Neotoma lepida aureotunicata Huey 



1937. Neotoma lepida aureotunicata Huey, Trans. San Diego Soc. Nat. Hist., 



vol. 3, No. 25, p. 349, June 15, 1937. 

 Type Locality. — Punta Penascosa, Sonora, Mexico. Range. — Known from 

 type locality only. 



Neotoma lepida grinnelli Hall 



1942. Neotoma lepida grinnelli Hall, Univ. California Publ. Zool., vol. 46, 

 No. 5, p. 369, July 3, 1942. 



Type Locality. — Colorado River 20 miles above (by river; about 121/2 air- 

 line miles north) Picacho, Imperial County, Calif. Range. — Colorado River 

 Valley from southern Clark County, Nev., south to Mexican boundary and west 

 in Colorado Desert to Beal Well. 



Neotoma lepida gilva Rhoads* 



1894. Neotoma intermedia gilva Rhoads, Amer. Nat., vol. 28, p. 70, January 

 1894. 



1894. Neotoma desertorum sola Merriamf , Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 

 9, p. 126, July 2, 1894. (San Emigdio, Kern County, Calif.) 



1932. Neotoma lepida gilva Goldman, Journ. Mamm., vol. 13, No. 1, p. 63, 

 Feb. 9, 1932. 



Type Locality. — Banning, Riverside County, Calif. Range. — Occurs irregu- 

 larly along eastern edge of main range of intermedia, where conditions become 

 more arid, approaching those of deserts proper; recorded from Stanley, western 

 Fresno County, southeast, mostly along east-facing slopes of innermost Coast 

 Ranges to near Mountain Spring, extreme eastern San Diego County; east from 

 Mount Pinos, Ventura County, through Tehachapi region to valley of South Fork 

 of Kern River, in Kern County; vertical range from 600 feet (Wheeler Ridge, 

 Kern County) up to 8,500 feet (Mount Pinos) ; zonal range, Lower and Upper 

 Sonoran, locally Transition (Grinnell, Univ. California Publ. Zool., vol. 40, No. 

 2, p. 180, Sept. 26, 1933) ; south at least to Gaskill's Tank, near Laguna Salada, 

 northeastern Baja California (Huey, Trans. San Diego Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. 10, 

 No. 16, p. 310, Aug. 31, 1945) . 



