FIELD BOOK OF MAMMALS 



dark rusty brown above. Total length, 14.8 inches; tail 

 vertebree, 6.4 inches; hind foot, 1.8 inches. Found in 

 ''Upper Sonoran and Carolinian divisions of Upper Austral 

 Zone from southwestern South Dakota to southern Kansas, 

 west to Pueblo, Colo." (Goldman) 



Kansas Wood Rat. — Neotoma florid ana campestris (Allen). 

 Closely allied to haileyi but with softer pelage and with 

 slight color differences. Upperparts buffy ochraceous to 

 light yellowish gray; a white stripe from posterior base of 

 ear down side of neck to throat ; no ochraceous spot on side 

 of throat in front of foreleg ; tail paler below than above but 

 not sharply bicolor. Total length, 14.5 inches; tail verte- 

 brce, 6.2 inches; hind foot, 1.5 inches. Found in western 

 Kansas and eastern Colorado. 



Attwater Wood Rat. — Neotoma floridana attwateri (Meams). 

 Resembling haileyi but darker in winter pelage and with 

 smaller teeth. Upperparts (winter) pale vinaceous black 

 with blackish wash along back; grayish on face and outer 

 legs; tail above brownish black, below white; underparts 

 white. Summer pelage, from ochraceous buff to dark rusty 

 brown above. Total length, 14.6 inches; tail vertebras, 6.7 

 inches; hind foot, 1.56 inches. Found in "Lower Sonoran 

 and Austroriparian divisions of Lower Austral Zone in 

 central Texas." (Goldman) 



Baird Wood Rat. — Neotoma micropus micropus Baird. 



Paler than typical floridana; fur short and somewhat harsh 

 in texture. Upperparts (winter) pale ecru drab, with dusky 

 hairs along back; tail above blackish, below grayish; feet 

 white; underparts white, on pectoral and inguinal regions 

 white to roots of hair. Total length, 14 inches; tail verte- 

 brae, 6.5 inches; hind foot, 1.6 inches. Found in "South- 

 eastern Colorado and southern Kansas, south through 

 Oklahoma and central Texas to southern Tamaulipas, 

 mainly in Lower Sonoran Zone." (Goldman) 



Hoary Wood Rat. — Neotoma micropus canescens Allen. 



Smaller than typical micropus, with longer fur and paler 

 color. Upperparts (winter) pale ashy gray with light black- 

 ish wash on back; tail grayish brown to blackish above; 

 rest of pelage as in typical micropiis. Total length, males, 

 13.2 inches; tail vertebrae, 5.5 inches; hind foot, 1.44 inches. 

 Found "From southeastern Colorado, northwestern Okla- 

 homa, and northern and western Texas, west in New Mexico 

 to the Rio Grande Valley and south to southern Coahuila, 

 mainly in Lower Sonoran Zone." (Goldman) 



Albigula Group 



White-throated Wood Rat. — Neotoma albigula albigula Hart- 

 ley- 

 Of medium size; tail bicolor; patch on throat and breast 

 white to roots. Upperparts dull pinkish buff, with thin 



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