CATALOG OF TYPE SPECIMEN'S OF :MA:>IMALS 345 



fReithrodontomj^s levipes otus Merriam. 



Proc. Washington Acad. Sci. 3: 555, Nov. 29, 1901. 

 —Reithrodontomijs otus Merriam. See Howell, North Amer. Fauna 3G : 55, 

 June 5, 1914. 



^^. Skin and skull. Adult female. Foothill retnon of Sierra 



45705 



Nevada de Colima, altitude 6,500 feet, Jalisco, IMexico. April 11, 

 1892. Collected by E. W. Nelson and E. A. Goldman. Original 

 number 2439. 



Well-made skin in good condition; skull Grade A. 



f Reithrodontomys levipes toltecus Merriam. 



Proc. Washington Acad. Sci. 3 : 555, Nov. 29, 1901. 

 =Reithrodontomys fulvesceiis toltecus Merriam. See Howell, North Amer. 



Fauna 36: 51, June 5, 1914. 

 50746. Skin and skull. Adult female. Tlalpam, Federal District, 



Mexico. December 1, 1892. Collected by E. W. Nelson and 



E. A. Goldman. Original number 3935. 



Well-made skin in good condition, except for a small injury above base 



of tail; skull Grade A. 



*Reithrodon longicauda Baird. Cotypes. 



Mammals of North America, p. 451, 1S57. 

 =Reithrodontomys megcttotis longicaudus (Baird). See Grinnell, Proc. Cali- 

 fornia Acad. Sci. (ser 4) 3 : 303, Aug. 28, 1913. 



^!^^. Skin and skull. Female. Original number 231. 



2282 ^ 



^^. Skin and skull. ]Male. Oriirinal number 232. 



2283 ^ 



i±^. Skin and skull. Male. Oriijinal nmnber 239. 

 2411 "^^ 



2581 to 2591, both inclusive, alcoholics. 



All eollected at Petaluma, Sonoma Coimty, Calif., by E. Samuels. 



^'os. nil and ItH cataloged April 24, 1S65 ; i5|3 June 24, 1856; the 



2282 2283 2411 



alcoholics, April 1S57 ; 25S2, 25S4, and 2588 are recorded in the catalog 

 as "Distributed to C. E. Aiken, June 1872."' 



Of these 14 specimens all that can now be found is the skull of No. 

 yg . Skull Grade B. 



No type is designated, and there is absolutely nothing by which any 

 one of Baird's 15 specimens can be picked out as a type. Fourteen of the 

 specimens came from Petaluma, Calif., and a single one from San Fran- 

 cisco. The former are regarded as cotypes and the type locality fixed at 

 Petaluma. (See Miller and Rehn, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 30: 97, Dec. 

 27, 1901.) 



*Reithrodon megalotis Baird. 



Mammals of North America, p. 451, 1857. 

 —Reithrodontomys megalotis (Baird). See J. A. Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. 

 Hist. 5 : 79. Apr. 28. 1893. 



