ORYZOMYS, 237 
Genl. Char. Ears small, rounded; hind feet large; tail long, scaly ; 
pelage harsh. 
Color. Above reddish brown mixed with black; flanks pale 
rufous; under parts whitish; breast washed with rufous; tail almost 
unicolor, paler beneath; hands and feet grayish. 
Measurements. Total length, 276; tail vertebre, 149; hind 
foot, 28. 
214. palatinus (Oryzomys), Merr., Proc. Wash. Acad. Scien., 111, 
IQOI, p. 290. 
TaBASCAN Rice Rar. 
Type locality. Teapa, State of Tabasco, Mexico. 
Genl. Char. Size small; similar to O. chapmant, but more reddish 
generally. Skull light, slender; supraorbital bead barely perceptible; 
outer sides of zygomata parallel; incisive foramina separated by a 
broad septum. 
Color. Above mixed deep rufous and black; sides and cheeks 
pale rufous; beneath whitish; hind feet whitish; tail dark above, 
paler beneath. 
Measurements. Total length, 209; tail vertebre, 106; hind 
foot, 25. 
215. hylocetes (Oryzomys), Merr., Proc. Wash. Acad. Scien., 111, 
TG01, Pp. 201. 
MarsuH Rice Rat. 
Type locality. Chicharras, State of Chiapas, Mexico. 
Genl. Char. Small; ears large; similar to O. palatinus. Skull: 
nasals flat, truncate anteriorly. 
Color. Above dark rufous brown, beneath whitish; hind feet 
dark; ears and tail blackish. 
Measurements. Total length, 217; tail vertebre, 118; hind 
foot, 27. 
216. rhabdops (Oryzomys), Merr., Proc. Wash. Acad. Scien., 11 
TOOL; D.2or. 
STRIPED-FACE Rice Rat. 
Type locality. Calel, Guatemala. Altitude, 10,000 feet. 
Geogr. Distr. State of Chiapas, Mexico, into Guatemala, Central 
America. 
Genl. Char. Medium size; ears large. Skull: zygomata ‘‘squar- 
ish,’’ spreading. 
Color. Above grizzled fulvous and black; sides and cheeks paler; 
beneath whitish» side of nose pale fulvous; streak from nose to eye 
blackish; tail dusky brown above, yellowish beneath; ears blackish. 
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