NORTH AMERICAN LAND MAMMALS. 171 



Genus ORYZOMYS Baird.^ 



1857. Oryzomys Baird, Mamm. N. Amer., p. 458. Type, Mus 

 palustris Harlan. 



*Oryzomys palustris palustris (Harlan). 



1837. Mus palustris Harlan, Silliman's Amer. Journ. Sci., vol. 



31, p. 386. 

 1857. Oryzomys palustris Baird, Mamm. N. Amer., p. 459. 

 1885. Hesperomys palustris' Tbxje, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 7 



(1884), p. 597. 1885. (Part.) 

 1894. Oryzomys palustris Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 



vol. 3, p. 215. April 17, 1891. 

 1894. Oryzomys palustris texensis Aiaje,^ j"^ Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. 



Hist., vol. 6, p. 177. May 31, 1894. (Rockport, Ai-ansas 



County, Texas.) 

 Type Locality. — Fast Land, near Salem, Salem County, New 



Jersey. 



*Oryzomys palustris oryzivorus (Audubon and Bacliman). 



1853. Arvicola oryzivora Audubon and Bachman, Quadr. N. 



Amer., vol. 3, p. 214. 

 1902. Oryzomys palustris oryzivorus Rhoads, Amer. Nat., vol. 



36, p. 662. August, 1902. 

 Type Locality. — St. John's Parish, South Carolina. 



*Oryzomys natator natator (Chapman). 



1893. Oryzomys palustris natator Chapman, Bull. Amer. Mus. 



Nat. Hist., vol. 5, p. 44. March 17, 1893. 

 1901. Oryzomys natator Merriam, Proc. Washington Acad. Sci., 



vol. 3, p. 277. July 26, 1901. 

 Type Locality. — Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida. 



Regarded by Rhoads (Amer. Nat., vol. 36, p. 662, August, 1902) as identical 

 with 0. palustris oryzivorus. 



*Oryzomys natator coloratus (Bangs). 



1898. Oryzomys palustris coloratus Bangs, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. 

 Hist., vol. 28, p. 189. March, 1898. 

 tl901. Oryzomys natator fioridanus Merriam, Proc. Washington 

 Acad. Sci., vol. 3, p. 277. July 6, 1901. (Everglade, Monroe 

 County, Florida.) 

 Type Locality.— Cape Sable, Monroe County, Florida. 



1 Forms occurring in the United States and Mexico (palustris to fulvcscens) revised by Meniam (Proc. 

 Washington Acad. Sci., vol. 3, p. 273-295, July 20, 1901). Ranges not given. 

 * Regarded as probably a distinct local form by Mearns (Mamm. Mo.x:. Boundary, p. 455, April 13, 1907). 



