MUmUiE-81QMODONTE8-U. LEUCOPU8 ERFVIICUS. 



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or three of the twelve, n slight hniiiiiess of the soles, in varying degree, 

 is evident, and the tail is noticeably shorter than the head and body ; the ears, 

 likewise, are not so large. 



The rest of Dr. Palmer's specimens, ten in number, all taken in the sani<' 

 place and at the same time as the others — the two forms living side by side — 

 are all distinctly refernl)le to sonoriensis. They are elsewliere tabulated and 

 commented upon. 



Tabi.k XXW.—ileatunmtitti ' tweloe additional niieciment of IIespehomys leucopus khemicus. 



8876 

 8817 

 8880 

 8881 



H»7 



Feb. 10, 

 May in, 

 Apr. 18, 

 Feb. 10, 

 Fob. 10, 

 Apr. 18, 

 Apr. in, 

 Apr. 10, 



Mar. 10, 

 May 3, 

 Feb. 10, 



i?(rr 



1807 

 1807 

 1807 

 1M7 

 1867 

 1867 

 1867 

 I8G7 

 1867 

 1887 



Locality. 



Cauip Orant, Aril . 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



Collector. 



£. Palmer. ... 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



HESPEROMYS (VESPERIMUS) AUREOLUS, (Aud. & Bacii.) Wag. 



Bed Mome; Golden Moase. 



Jfn* (Cafom;*) aureoUi, Add. A Bach., Journ. Acad. Mat. Soi. Pbila. vi, 1843, 302; Q. V. A. ii, 1851, 



a03, pi. 95. 

 Hetjieromyt aunolui, Wagnkb, Wieg. Arohiv, 1843, ii, 51.— Allen, Ball. Mas. Comp. Zool. il, 1870, 180. 

 /feaperomya ( Fetperimiu) aurcolut, CoURS, Pruo. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phllo. 1874, IHO. 

 ^Arricola MuilalH, Harlan, McDtbly Ainer. Jonrn. 1832, 446; Med. & Pbya. Res. 1835, 55, pi. — . 

 llaipcnmyf nutlalli, Baird, M. N. A. 1857, 467. 



Diagnosis. — H. staturd formdque Hesp. kttcopi ; corpore supra aureo-cin- 

 namomeo, auriculis concoloribus, dorso medio obscuriore ; infia luteo-albido. 



Mouse like leucopus in size and shape, but very different in color, being 

 golden-cinnamon above, and yellowish-white or pale buff below; cars agree- 

 in;^ with- the general tint of the upper parts; middle back darker from 

 admixture with blackish hairs; fore legs colored to the wrist ; the dividing 

 line between the color of the upper and under parts of the body and tail 

 usually indistinct. Feet densely pilous above, and below to the tubercles, 

 which are large and crowded ; toes rather short. "Mammee, four; situated 

 for back" (Aud. & Bach.). 



Habitat. — Central and Southern States. 



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