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Castoridae. 



Castor canadensis Kuhl. American beaver. North America generally. 



Geornyidae. 



Geomys bursarius Rich. Pouched or pocket gopher. Missouri to Miuuesota and 



Nebraska. 

 Geomya tuza (Ord). Florida salamander. Southeastern States. 

 Geomys oastanopa Baird. Texas pouched gopher. Texas and New Mexico. 

 Tliomomys talpoldes (Rich.). California gopher. Northern and western North America. 

 Thomomya olusius Coues. Small-footed pouched gopher. Rocky Mountains. 



Muridae. 



Cunicuculu8 torquotus (Pallas). White Lemming. Arctic America. 

 Mi/odes obensis Brants. Lemming. Arctic America. 



Fiber zibcthicus Cuv. Musk-rat. United States, except the southwestern portion 

 and southern Florida. 



Hystricidae. 



Erethizon dorsatus (Linn.) var. dorsatus. White-haired porcupine. Northern United 



States. 

 B)-etlii:on dorsatus (Linn.) var. epixanthus. Yellow-haired porcupine. Pacific slope 



and upper Missouri regions. 



Leporidae. 



Lepus timidux* Fab., var. arcticus. Polar hare. Arctic and subarctic America. 

 Lepus amcricanus, Erxl. American hare; varying hare. Central United States to 



Alaska. 

 Lepus campestris, Bach. Prairie hare. Central plains of North America. 

 Li jins callotis Wagler. Jackass hare ; jack rabbit. Southwestern United States. 

 Lepua texianus Waterh. Jack rabbit. Arizona. 

 Lepua californicua Gray. California hare. California. 



Lepus sylvaticua Bach.* Gray rabbit; cotton-tail. United States generally. 

 Lepua arizonica .J. A. Allen. Arizona jack cotton-tail. 

 Lepus bachmani Waterhouse. Bachman's hare. Texas. 

 Lepus trowbridyii Baird. Trowbridge's hare. California. 

 Lepus palustris BsLch. Marsh hare. Southeastern United States. 

 Lepus aquatioua Bach. Water hare. Southern States. 



Lagomyidae. 



Logomya princepa Rich. Little chief hare or Pika. Rocky Mountain region from Col- 

 orado and Utah northward to Alaska. 

 Ln[!i,m ijs sch ist i ceps Merri am. Sierra Nevada Pika. Sierra Nevada Mountains. 



Dasypodidae. 



Tatuaia novemcinctus (Linu.). Armadillo. Southwestern United States and South- 

 ward. 



Didelphidae. 



Didelphya marsupialis Linn, opossum. United States generally. 



* The species of rodents marked wiili an asterisk run into numerous geographical 

 races. Descriptions of most of these will be found in the works of Drs. Coues and 

 • I. A. Allen, especially in Monographs U. S. Geological Survey, Vol. \i ; also among the 

 writings of Dr. C. U. Merriam, in North American Fauna, published by the U. S. De- 

 partment of Agriculture. 



