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nUS nUSCULUS Unn. 

 House Mouse. 



Small ; brown above ; pale brown beneath ; length, including 

 tail, about 5 to 6 ; tail, 2.50 to 3. 



Abundant throughout the State in the vicinity of human hab- 

 itation. 



REITHRODONTOriYS HUHILIS Aud. and Bach. 

 Harvest flouse. 



A small, dark brown mouse ; length, including tail, about 5 to 

 5.75 ; tail, 2.25 to 2.60. 



This species is apparently not common. It has been taken at 

 Enterprise and Tarpon Springs. 



SlTOriYS NIVEIVENTRIS {Chapman). 

 Ground Mouse. 



Above, pale brownish drab ; whitish beneath ; others, yellowish 

 brown above ; whitish beneath ; length, including tail, about 5.^0; 

 tail, 1.75 to 2. 



Common in many parts of Florida ; abundant near the coast. 



SITOHYS NIVEIVENTRIS SUBQRISEUS Chapman. 

 Old Field Mouse. 



Darker than nivciventris ; brown above, under parts white ; 

 length, including tail, about 5.20; tail, 1.60 to 1.90. 



According to Mr. Chapman, it inhabits the interior, being re- 

 placed in the sandy lands, bordering the ocean, by the preceding 

 species. It frequents old fields. 



SITOnVS FLORIDANUS (Chapman). 

 Big- Eared Deer House. 



Hcspcroniys Jioridamis Chapman. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 

 II., 1887, p. 87. 



Hesperomys macropiis Merriam. N. A. Fauna, No. 4, 1890, 



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