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Range — Upper and Lower Sonoran zones west of the desert 

 divides, from the Mexican Hne in the San Diegan district north 

 througli the coast region into Monterey and San Benito 

 counties ; also in western foothills of extreme southern Sierra 

 Nevada north as far as Porterville, Tulare County (Goldman, 

 N. Amer. Fauna, 31, 1910, p. 44; Mus. Vert. Zoo'l.). 



Neotoma intermedia gilva Rhoads 

 Banning Wood Rat 



Original description — Neotoma intermedia gilva Rhoads, 

 Amer. Nat., 28, January, 1894, p. 70. 



Type locality — Banning, Riverside County, California. 



Synonym — Neotoma desertorum sola Merriam, Proc. Biol. 

 Soc. Wash., 9, July 2, 1894, p. 126 (type from San Emigdio, 

 Kern County, California) ; Yellow Wood Rat. 



Range — Arid Upper and Lower Sonoran zones along the 

 eastern edge of the main range of N. i. intermedia, from Stan- 

 ley, Fresno County, southeast to the Mexican line, and east 

 through the Tehachapi region to the valley of the- South Fork 

 of the Kern River ; the range of gih'a thus lies irregularly be- 

 tween that of intermedia and that of A'^, i". desertorum (Mus. 

 Vert. Zool. ; Goldman, N. Amer. Fauna, 31, 1910, pp. 45, 46). 



Neotoma intermedia desertorum Merriam 

 Desert Wood Rat 



Original description — Neotoma desertorum Merriam, Proc. 

 Biol. Soc. Wash., 9, July 2, 1894, pp. 125, 126. 



Type locality — Furnace Creek, Death Valley, Inyo County, 

 California. 



Synonym — Neotoma bella Bangs, Proc. New Eng. Zool. 

 Club, 1, July 31, 1899, pp. 66, 67 (type from Palm Springs, 

 Riverside County, California). 



Range — Lower and Upper Sonoran zones on the southeast- 

 ern deserts, from the Mexican line north through the Inyo 

 region to the head of Owens Valley in Mono County, and in 

 extreme eastern Lassen County; west southerly to the east 

 base of the San Jacinto Mountains, in Riverside County, and 

 to Antelope Valley, in northern Los Angeles County (Gold- 

 man, N. Amer. Fauna. 31. 1910. p. 78; Mus. Vert. Zool.). 



