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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol.08 
  

  

  uals 
  ; 
  proportion 
  of 
  length 
  to 
  width 
  of 
  interparietal 
  less 
  than 
  in 
  melan- 
  

   ius, 
  average 
  25.9 
  percent 
  (22-31 
  percent, 
  nine 
  adult 
  specimens). 
  

  

  Coloration 
  of 
  holotype. 
  — 
  Dorsal 
  surface 
  Orange-Buff 
  mixed 
  with 
  

   Front's 
  Brown 
  ; 
  sides 
  of 
  body 
  and 
  face 
  nearly 
  uniformly 
  Orange-Buff. 
  

   Ventral 
  surface 
  of 
  body 
  irregularly 
  washed 
  with 
  Antimony 
  Yellow 
  

   and 
  Light 
  Ochraceous-Buff, 
  the 
  pale 
  gray 
  subterminal 
  bands 
  of 
  the 
  

   hairs 
  showing 
  through. 
  Outer 
  sides 
  of 
  fore 
  and 
  hind 
  feet 
  like 
  sides, 
  

   inner 
  sides, 
  chin, 
  pale 
  gray 
  lightly 
  washed 
  with 
  Naples 
  Yellow. 
  

   Upper 
  surface 
  of 
  fore 
  and 
  hind 
  feet 
  brown 
  thinly 
  covered 
  with 
  silvery 
  

   hairs. 
  Tail 
  brown 
  with 
  gray 
  keel 
  hairs. 
  

  

  Measurements 
  (in 
  millimeters). 
  — 
  Those 
  of 
  the 
  holotype 
  followed 
  

   by 
  the 
  means 
  and 
  extremes 
  of 
  the 
  nine 
  adult 
  paratypes. 
  Head 
  and 
  

   body, 
  223, 
  204.2 
  (186-223) 
  ; 
  tail, 
  194, 
  185.2 
  (167-198) 
  ; 
  hind 
  foot, 
  48, 
  

   49.4 
  (47-54) 
  ; 
  ear, 
  24, 
  23.1 
  (22-25) 
  ; 
  condylobasal 
  length, 
  41.3, 
  40.3 
  

   (37.2-41.5) 
  ; 
  zygomatic 
  breadth, 
  24.1, 
  22.8 
  (22.2-24.1) 
  ; 
  nasals, 
  length, 
  

   19.1, 
  17.7 
  (16.1-19.1) 
  ; 
  width 
  across 
  temporal 
  ridges, 
  13.7, 
  14.3 
  (13.7- 
  

   14.8) 
  ; 
  alveolar 
  length 
  of 
  molar 
  row, 
  6.8, 
  7.1 
  (6.8-7.2) 
  ; 
  interparietal, 
  

   3.7X12.7, 
  3.2X12.4 
  (2.7-3.7X11.4-12.9). 
  

  

  Specimens 
  examined. 
  — 
  Twelve 
  (8 
  males, 
  4 
  females), 
  all 
  from 
  the 
  

   type 
  locality. 
  

  

  ReTTiarhs. 
  — 
  The 
  discovery 
  of 
  this 
  race 
  of 
  Nectomys 
  squamipes, 
  with 
  

   the 
  assignment 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  Rio 
  Meta 
  rats 
  to 
  apicalis, 
  isolates 
  the 
  

   specimens 
  previously 
  recorded 
  under 
  the 
  heading 
  Nectomys 
  squamipes 
  

   subspecies 
  II 
  as 
  a 
  well-defined 
  geographic 
  race. 
  

  

  NECTOMYS 
  SQUAMIPES 
  TATEI, 
  new 
  subspecies 
  

  

  Nectomys 
  squamipes 
  subspecies 
  II, 
  Hekshkovitz, 
  Mus. 
  Zool. 
  Univ. 
  Michigan 
  Misc. 
  

   Publ. 
  No. 
  58, 
  p. 
  66, 
  1944. 
  

  

  Holotype.— 
  Adult 
  female, 
  skin 
  and 
  skull, 
  A. 
  M. 
  N. 
  H. 
  No. 
  69899 
  ; 
  

   collected 
  April 
  22, 
  1925, 
  by 
  G. 
  H. 
  H. 
  Tate 
  and 
  Harold 
  J. 
  Clement; 
  

   original 
  number 
  3424. 
  

  

  Type 
  locality. 
  — 
  San 
  Antonio, 
  about 
  15 
  km. 
  east 
  of 
  Mount 
  Turumi- 
  

   quire, 
  Sucre, 
  northern 
  Venezuela 
  ; 
  altitude 
  1,800 
  feet. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Known 
  only 
  from 
  the 
  type 
  locality 
  and 
  from 
  La 
  

   Latal, 
  northwest 
  of 
  Mount 
  Turumiquire, 
  in 
  the 
  semiarid 
  coastal 
  range 
  

   of 
  northern 
  Venezuela. 
  

  

  Characters 
  (of 
  the 
  type 
  and 
  only 
  adult 
  specimen). 
  — 
  Color 
  similar 
  

   to 
  that 
  of 
  eastern 
  Colombian 
  representatives 
  of 
  N. 
  s. 
  apicalis,' 
  dorsal 
  

   surface 
  Ochraceous-Orange 
  with 
  a 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  even 
  mixture 
  of 
  Front's 
  

   Brown 
  ; 
  underparts 
  gray, 
  the 
  belly 
  and 
  chest 
  washed 
  with 
  ochraceous 
  ; 
  

   tail 
  uniformly 
  brown, 
  longer 
  than 
  combined 
  length 
  of 
  head 
  and 
  body; 
  

   interparietal 
  as 
  in 
  apicalis; 
  alveolar 
  length 
  of 
  molar 
  row 
  shorter; 
  

   nasals 
  behind 
  as 
  in 
  N. 
  s. 
  nielanius. 
  

  

  