﻿MAMMALS 
  OF 
  NORTHERN 
  COLOMBIA 
  — 
  HERSHKOVITZ 
  51 
  

  

  of 
  which 
  three 
  "tawny 
  phase" 
  females 
  were 
  recorded 
  by 
  the 
  writer 
  

   {of. 
  cit.^ 
  p. 
  36). 
  A 
  previously 
  overlooked 
  quotation 
  by 
  Tomes 
  throws 
  

   further 
  light 
  on 
  the 
  true 
  origin 
  of 
  the 
  type 
  specimen 
  of 
  fulvinus 
  which 
  

   was 
  purportedly 
  collected 
  in 
  Quito 
  by 
  Jamieson. 
  In 
  recording 
  

   '•'■Di'phylla 
  ecaudata^'' 
  Tomes 
  (Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  London, 
  1860, 
  p. 
  212) 
  

   inserted 
  the 
  following 
  note 
  by 
  Eraser 
  : 
  " 
  'Rio 
  Napo. 
  Murcielago. 
  

   The 
  specimen 
  was 
  taken 
  by 
  the 
  son 
  of 
  Professor 
  Jamieson 
  in 
  the 
  act 
  of 
  

   drawing 
  blood 
  from 
  a 
  man.' 
  " 
  

  

  NECTOMYS 
  SQUAMIPES 
  GRANDIS 
  Thomas 
  

  

  Nectomys 
  grandis 
  Thomas, 
  Ann. 
  Mag. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  ser. 
  6, 
  vol. 
  19, 
  p. 
  498, 
  1897 
  

   (type 
  locality, 
  Concordia, 
  lower 
  Rio 
  Caiica 
  Valley, 
  Antioquia, 
  Colombia). 
  

  

  Nectomys 
  squamipes 
  grandis, 
  Hershkovitz, 
  Mus. 
  Zool. 
  Univ. 
  Michigan 
  Misc. 
  

   Publ. 
  No. 
  58, 
  pp. 
  29, 
  62, 
  1944 
  (description). 
  

  

  A 
  specimen 
  from 
  the 
  Rio 
  Cauca, 
  "south 
  of 
  Medellin," 
  presented 
  by 
  

   Hermano 
  Niceforo 
  Maria, 
  may 
  be 
  regarded 
  as 
  typical. 
  It 
  had 
  been 
  

   mounted 
  and 
  displayed 
  in 
  the 
  museum 
  of 
  the 
  Instituto 
  de 
  La 
  Salle. 
  

   The 
  skull, 
  in 
  imperfect 
  condition, 
  has 
  the 
  following 
  dimensions 
  : 
  Zygo- 
  

   matic 
  width, 
  24.4; 
  width 
  across 
  parietal 
  ridges, 
  13.7; 
  alveolar 
  length 
  

   of 
  molar 
  row, 
  7.3; 
  interparietal, 
  10.2 
  X 
  5.0 
  mm. 
  The 
  nasals 
  (tips 
  

   broken 
  ) 
  are 
  as 
  in 
  N. 
  squamipes 
  magdalenae., 
  less 
  tapered 
  than 
  in 
  api- 
  

   calis. 
  In 
  external 
  characters, 
  the 
  specimen 
  more 
  nearly 
  resembles 
  

   Ecuadorian 
  than 
  eastern 
  Colombian 
  representatives 
  of 
  apicalis. 
  

  

  NECTOMYS 
  SQUAMIPES 
  SATURATUS 
  Thomas 
  

  

  Nectomys 
  saturatus 
  Thomas, 
  Ann. 
  Mag. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  ser. 
  6, 
  voL 
  20, 
  p. 
  546, 
  1897 
  

   (type 
  locality, 
  Ibarra, 
  Imbabura 
  Province, 
  Ecuador). 
  — 
  Hershkovitz, 
  Mus. 
  

   Zool. 
  Univ. 
  Michigan 
  Misc. 
  Publ. 
  No. 
  58, 
  pp. 
  21, 
  22, 
  81, 
  1944 
  {incertae 
  sedis). 
  

  

  Examination 
  of 
  the 
  type 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  shows 
  it 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  

   member 
  of 
  the 
  typical 
  species. 
  The 
  type 
  is 
  in 
  old 
  pelage 
  ; 
  condylobasal 
  

   length, 
  approximately 
  44 
  ; 
  interparietal, 
  6 
  X 
  12 
  mm. 
  

  

  NECTOMYS 
  SQUAMIPES 
  TARRENSIS, 
  new 
  subspecies 
  

  

  HoJotype.— 
  Adult 
  male, 
  skin 
  and 
  skull, 
  U. 
  S. 
  N. 
  M. 
  No. 
  279741; 
  

   collected 
  August 
  6, 
  1943, 
  by 
  Philip 
  Hershkovitz 
  ; 
  original 
  number 
  2319. 
  

  

  Type 
  locality. 
  — 
  Rio 
  Tarra, 
  upper 
  Rio 
  Catatumbo, 
  department 
  of 
  

   Norte 
  de 
  Santander, 
  Colombia 
  ; 
  altitude, 
  250 
  meters. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Knov.n 
  only 
  from 
  the 
  type 
  locality. 
  It 
  probably 
  

   occurs 
  at 
  least 
  throughout 
  the 
  eastern 
  foothills 
  of 
  the 
  Sierra 
  de 
  Peri 
  j 
  a 
  

   and 
  the 
  lowlands 
  of 
  the 
  southwestern 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  Lake 
  Maracaibo 
  

   Basin. 
  

  

  Characters. 
  — 
  Nearest 
  melanius 
  in 
  size, 
  color, 
  and 
  cranial 
  characters 
  ; 
  

   pelage 
  thick 
  and 
  glossy, 
  underparts 
  paler, 
  with 
  more 
  yellow, 
  especially 
  

   on 
  forelegs 
  and 
  chin 
  ; 
  tail 
  brown 
  with 
  gray 
  keel 
  hairs 
  in 
  older 
  Individ- 
  

  

  