WHITE-FOOTED MOUSE 



about the same as adult; pelage very soft and dense; hair on 

 ears same color as that of upperparts. 



Northern Golden Monse.—Peromyscus nuttalli nuttalli 



(Harlan). 



Hind foot hairy for half its extent, abdomen ochraceous. 



Upperparts rich tawny ochraceous, only slightly sprinkled 



with dusky along dorsal area, less dusky on sides; head and 



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MIS X I C O 



Fig. 78. Distribution of the subspecies of Peromyscus nut- 

 talli, after Osgood 



1. Peromyscus nuttalli nuttalli 



2. Peromyscus nuttalli aureolus (this range has been in- 

 correctly copied and should almost touch Number i in 

 the northeastern corner of North Carolina). 



ears like sides; no orbital ring or whisker spot; feet creamy 

 white; tail pale brownish above, creamy white below; under- 

 parts creamy white with ochraceous suffusion on abdomen. 

 Total length, 6.8-7.6 inches; tail vertebra;, 3.2-3.7 inches; 

 hmd foot, .76-80 inch; ear from notch (in dry skin), .58-65 

 inch. Found in "Southeastern Virginia and northern 

 North Carolina; west to central Kentucky." (Osgood) 

 Southern Golden 'M.ouse.— Per 077iyscus nuttalli aureolus 

 (Audubon and Bachman). 

 Resembling typical nuttalli, but smaller. Color as in 

 nuttalh, occasionally very slightly paler. Total length, 



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