WOOD RAT 



Subgenus Homodontomys 



Characterized chiefly by cranial and dental characters; tail 

 and hind foot as in subgenus Neotoma. 



Dusky-footed Wood Rat. — Neotoma fuscipes fiiscipes Baird. 

 Large in size; tail long, practically unicolored; ears large. 

 Upperparts light ochraceous buff, thickly sprinkled Vv'ith 

 black-tipped hairs on top of head and back; face grayish; 

 sides clearer in tone than back; ears brownish ; white on fore- 

 feet, toes of hind feet, and heels; dusky on "ankles," hind 

 feet, muzzle, and orbital ring; tail blackish; underparts pure 

 white except for abdomen which is tinged with creamy buff. 

 Total length, 17.5 inches; tail vertebrae, 8.2 inches; hind foot, 

 1.7 inches. Found in "Pacific coast region from San 

 Francisco Bay north to Salem, Oregon. Upper Sonoran 

 and Transition Zones." (Goldman) 



Streater Wood Rat- — Neotoma fuscipes streatori Merriam. 

 Smaller and paler than typical fuscipes; tail bicolored ; hind 

 feet white from tarsus down. Upperparts pale ochraceous 

 buff with the usual dorsal darkening; feet pure white; tail 

 above blackish, below whitish; rest of pelage as in typical 

 fuscipes. Total length, 15 inches; tail vertebras, 7.5 inches; 

 hind foot, 1.6 inches. Found along "West slope of the 

 Sierra Nevada in California from Tehama County south to 

 Porterville, Tulare County. Upper Sonoran Zone." 

 (Goldman) 



Portola Wood Rat. — Neotoma fuscipes annectens Elliot. 



Distinguished from typical fuscipes, chiefly by cranial 

 characters, color essentially the same. Total length, 17.3 

 inches; tail vertebrae, 8.6 inches; hind foot, 1.7 inches. 

 Found in "Coast region of California from San Francisco 

 Bay to Monterey Bay and thence inland and southward 

 along the small valleys and mountain ranges east of the 

 Santa Lucia Mountains to Carriso Plains, San Luis Obispo 

 County. Upper Sonoran and Transition Zones." (Gold- 

 man) 



Fort Tejon Wood Rat. — Neotoma fuscipes simplex (True). 

 Smaller than typical fuscipes; tail bicolor,- feet white. Up- 

 perparts pale ochraceous buff, darker along back; tail above, 

 grayish brown, below, whitish; feet white; underparts pure 

 white except for creamy buff tinge on abdomen, a median 

 line of hairs white to roots, pelage elsewhere on abdomen 

 slate-colored at base. Total length, 15.6 inches; tail vertebrae 

 7 inches; hind foot, 1.6 inches. Found on "Eastern basal 

 slopes of the Sierra Nevada in Inyo and Kern counties, 

 Cal., and through Walker Pass to the foothill region at the 

 southern end of the San Joaquin Valley. Upper Sonoran 

 Zone." (Goldman) 



Mohave Desert Wood Rat. — Neotoma fuscipes mohavensis 

 Elliot. 

 Smaller than typical fuscipes; color grayer; tail bicolored. 



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