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Type Locality. — Nahuatzen, Michoacan, Mexico. Altitude, 8,500 feet. 

 Range. — High mountains of central Mexico west of Rio Balsas (Davis and 

 Follansbee, Journ. Mamm., vol. 26, No. 4, p. 411, Feb. 12, 1945), from Rio 

 Otlati in Puebla (Davis, loc. cit.) and Distrito Federal (Hooper, Journ. Mamm., 

 vol. 28, No. 1, p. 55, Feb. 17, 1947), westward into Michoacan. 



Neotomodon alstoni perotensis Merriamf * 



1898. Neotomodon perotensis Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 12, 



p. 129, Apr. 30, 1898. 

 1898. Neotomodon orizabae Merriamf, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 12, 

 p. 129, Apr. 30, 1898. (Volcan de Orizaba, Puebla, Mexico; altitude, 

 9,500 feet. Regarded as identical with perotensis by Davis and Follansbee, 

 Journ. Mamm., vol. 26, No. 4, pp. 407-411, Feb. 12, 1945) . 

 1944. Neotomodon alstoni perotensis Davis, Journ. Mamm., vol. 25, No. 4, 



p. 398, Dec. 12, 1944. 

 Type Locality. — Cofre de Perote, Veracruz, Mexico. Altitude, 9,500 feet. 

 Range. — East of Rio Balsas in Perote-Orizaba region in Veracruz and Puebla 

 (Davis and Follansbee, op. cit., p. 411.). 



Genus NEOTOMA ■ Say and Ord (wood-rats) 

 1825. Neotoma Say and Ord, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 4, pt. 2, 

 p. 345. (Type, Mus floridanus Ord.) 



Subgenus NEOTOMA Say and Ord 



floridana — group 

 Neotoma floridana floridana (Ord)* 



1818. Mus floridanus Ord, Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris, p. 181, December 1818. 

 1825. N[eotoma\ floridana Say and Ord, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 



vol. 4, pt. 2, p. 346. 

 1884. Neotoma floridana True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 7 ( App., Circ. 29) , 



p. 598, Nov. 29, 1884. (Part.) 

 Type Locality. — St. Johns River, Fla. ; probably near Jacksonville, Duval 

 County (See Bangs, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. 28, p. 184, March 1898). 

 Range. — Atlantic coast region from South Carolina to Sebastian, Fla.; and 

 westward through greater part of Alabama from Tennessee River Valley south- 

 ward (A. H. Howell, North Amer. Fauna No. 45, p. 52, Oct. 28, 1921) . 



Neotoma floridana haematoreia A. H. Howell* 



1934. Neotoma floridana haematoreia A. H. Howell, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 Philadelphia, vol. 86, p. 403, Oct. 15, 1934. 



Type Locality. — Near summit of Blood Mountain, Lumpkin County, Ga. 

 Altitude, 4,400 feet. Range. — Recorded also at Highlands, Macon County, 

 N. C. ; eastern Great Smoky Mountains, 3 miles above Townsend, on Little 

 River, Blount County, Tennessee (Kellogg, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 86, p. 282, 

 Feb. 14, 1939) ; and near Caesar's Head Hotel, Geer Highway, Greenville County, 

 S. C. (Coleman, Journ. Mamm., vol. 30, No. 2, p. 200, May 23, 1949) . 



M Revised by Goldman, North Amer. Fauna No. 31, Oct. 19, 1910; and in part rearranged 

 by Goldman, Journ. Mamm., vol 13, No. 1, pp. 59-67, Feb. 10, 1932. 



