302 VERTEBRATE ANIMALS OF THE UNITED STATES 



62 In the Pacific coast region N. intermedia. 



do Hind feet dusk}^ N . juscipes. 



hi Size small; length under 320 mm. 



Ci From California to Utah N. desertorum. 



C2 In Arizona and New Mexico N. lepida. 



32 Tail flattened and bushy N . cinerea. 



N . pennsylvanica Stone. Wood or cave rat. Color grayish buff 

 above and white beneath, darkest middorsally; feet white; length 

 430 mm.; tail 198 mm.; hind foot 43 mm.: Appalachian Mountain 

 region from the Hudson River in southern New York to Alabama; 

 Transition zone; nocturnal animals nesting in caves and rocky crevices, 

 where they heap together a great mass of sticks and leaves, in which is 

 the nest; probably omnivorous. 



N . floridana (Ord.). Color pale cinnamon above: underneath parts 

 and feet white; length 409 mm.; tail 189 mm.; hind foot 38 mm.; tail 

 slightly bicolor and scantily haired: southern and central States. 



Subspecies of N. floridana 



N. f. floridana (Ord.). Atlantic coast region from South Carolina 

 to Sebastian, Florida. 



N. f. rubida. Bangs. Color redder: lower Mississippi Valey, 

 northward to Arkansas, and the Gulf coast from Alabama to Texas. 



N. f. illinoensis Howell. Color grayer; tail bicolor: southern 

 Illinois to northern Arkansas. 



N. f. attwateri (Mearns). Color darker and teeth smaller; tail 

 white beneath, sharply bicolor: central Texas to Missouri. 



M. f. baileyi (Merriam). Color grayer; fur longer; tail shorter, 

 bicolor: South Dakota to Oklahoma. 



N. micropus Baird. Color pale drab; under parts white; tail 

 blackish above, grayish beneath; length 351 mm.; tail 163 mm.; hind 

 foot 41 mm.: central and western Texas and New Mexico into INIexico; 

 northward into Kansas and Colorado. 



.V. albigula Hartley. Color pinkish buff above; under parts and 

 feet white; tail sharply bicolor; length 328 mm.; tail 152 mm.; hind foot 

 33 mm.: southwestern States. 



Subspecies of N. albigula 



N. a. albigula Hart. Southwestern Texas to western Arizona and 

 into Mexico. 



