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HAPALOTIS ALBIPES. 



\ I j "'I* »M A : 2V*i otoma. — This includes the Florida Eat, JY. Floridctvo : it is of a lead 

 color above and white below. It is eight inches long, partially nocturnal in its habits, is harm- 

 and inoffensive, and lives in burrows, feeding on fruits and vegetables. It is found in the 

 - then) and Southwestern States. 



THE WHITE-BELLIED HTDEOMTS. 



ral other species of Xootoma, as the Bush Rat, N. Mexicana, found in Lower 

 the A,.-/-,,.. R ...,,,„,, B i Z e of the Norway Rat, found in California; and the Rocky 

 '•" main Rat, .\. cinen i, found on the Pacific coast. 



