118 CALIFORNIA MAMMALS. 



Length about 380 mm. (15 inches); tail vertebrae 183 

 (7.20) ; hind foot 37 (i.45-) 



Type locaHty, Carbondale, Amador County, California. 



Western slope of the Sierra Nevada and northeastern Cali- 

 fornia. 



Neotoma fuscipes dispar Me:rriam.. (Belov^ par, de- 

 graded.) 



PALE BRUSH RAT. 



Entire upper parts ochraceous buff, palest on the head; back 

 moderately lined with black tipped hairs; feet and under parts 

 white; the white of the belly encroached upon the buffy ochraceous 

 of the sides; tail bicolor, above brownish gray, below soiled 

 white. The skull is similar to that of streatori. 



Type locality, Lone Pine. Inyo County, California. 



Eastern foothills of the Sierra Nevada from Owen Valley 

 southward toi the Mojave Desert. This subspecies seems to be 

 rare. They are similar to dcsertoruiii in color but may be known 

 by the dark ankles and long tail. 



Neotoma desertorum Merriam. (Of the desert.) 



DESERT BRUSH RAT. 



Above brownish buff darkened by a mixture of black hairs, 

 grayer on the head, clearer buff on the sides, which are usually 

 strongly contrasted against the white lower parts; feet white; 

 tail bicolor, dusky above whitish below. There is some varia- 

 tion in color, examples from some localities being paler or more 

 buffy above, and the lower parts may be tinged with buff, espec- 

 ially across the breast. The pelage is very soft and the tail is 

 considerably sliorter than the length of head and body. 



Length about 290 mm. (11.40 inches) ; tail vertebrae 135 

 (5.30); hind foot 30 (1.20). 



Type locality, Furnace Creek, Death Valley, California. 



Mojave Desert, southern Nevada and southwestern Utah. 



