FIELD BOOK OF MAMMALS 



Total length, 4.5 inches; tail vertebrae, .74 inch; hind foot, 

 .62 inch. Found in "Georgia and the Carolinas." (Bailey) 



Mole Pine Mouse. — Pitymys pinetorum scalopsoides (Au- 

 dubon and Bachman). 

 Larger than typical pinetorum, darker and duller. Upper- 

 parts dull brownish chestnut sprinkled sparingly with 

 dusky; sides paler; feet brownish gray; tail faintly bicolor, 

 sooty and grayish; underparts washed with dull buff. 

 Total length, 5 inches; tail vertebras, .8 inch; hind foot, 

 .65 inch. Found in "Southern New York and westward 

 to Illinois, southward along the coast, blending into true 

 pinetorum.'' (Bailey) Recorded also from Coscob, Con- 

 necticut. 

 Bluegrass Pine Mouse. — Pitymys pinetorum aiiricularis 

 (Bailey). 

 Resembling typical pinetorum in size but ears larger. 

 Upperparts glossy dark chestnut sprinkled with dusky; 

 feet brownish; tail above and below, color of back; under- 

 parts washed with pale chestnut. Total length, 4.8 inches; 

 tail vertebrae, .88 inch; hind foot, .64 inch. Found in 

 "Northern Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, and southern 

 Indiana, or in a general way the region between the Alle- 

 gheny Mountains and the Mississippi River, mainly in 

 the Lower Austral Zone." (Bailey). 

 Woodland Pine Mouse. — Pitymys nemoralis (Bailey). 



Size large for the group; ears relatively large; fur longer 

 and coarser than in pinetorum. Upperparts dull chestnut 

 sprinkled with blackish; sides paler; feet pale buffy to 

 dusky; tail faintly bicolor, above like back, below like 

 belly; underparts washed with bright cinnamon. Total 

 length, 5.4 inches; tail vertebras, i.o inch_; hind foot, .'J2 

 inch. Found "West of the Mississippi River from 

 central Arkansas north to Council Bluffs, Iowa." (Bailey) 

 Florida Pine Mouse. — Pitymys parvulus Howell. 



Resembling typical pinetorum but paler and smaller. 

 Upperparts tawny; sides and tail with tint of vinaceous 

 cinnamon; feet flesh color; underparts dusky with faint 

 wash of vinaceous cinnamon. Total length, 4.8 inches; 

 tail vertebrae, .6 inch; hind foot, .56 inch. Found in the 

 vicinity of Ocala, Marion County, Florida; limits of range 

 unknown. 



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 Pine Mice are Meadow Mice which have become rather 

 more specialized for a subterranean life than their kindred. 

 The close, glossy fur is suggestive of the pelage of the short- 

 tailed Shrew, Blarina, and this character, together with the 

 short tail, serves to distinguish Pine Mice from the common 

 Meadow Mice. 



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