HARVEST MOUSE 



Harvest Mouse. — Reitbrodontomys humulis 



and related forms 



General Description.' — A small, long-tailed Mouse with 

 longitudinally grooved upper incisors. Ears large and 

 prominent; no cheek-pouches; colors of pelage inconspicuous; 



Fig. 70, Harvest Mouse 



tail slender, sparsely haired; soles of hind feet with six tuber- 

 cles. Externally bearing a close resemblance to a small, 

 domestic House Mouse, Mus musculus. Plate XXX. 



Color. — Sexes colored alike. 



Upperparts. — Dark brown, darkest along mid-line of back; 

 ears blackish to fuscous; tail above, fuscous, below, grayish 

 white, a clear line of demarcation between upper and lower 

 sides. 



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