SIGMODON. 175 



Arvicola jerriigvieiis Harl., Am. Journ. Scien., 1828, p. 285. 



Arvicola horteusis Harl., Med. & Phys. Res., 1835, p. 49, pi., fig. 58. 

 Hispid Cotton Rat. 



Type locality. St. John's River, east Florida. 



Geogr. Distr. North Carolina to northern Florida and west to 

 southern Louisiana. 



(I. *Si gnxxlon Ii ispidii.s Jifford/is Chapman. 



Sigmodon Jiispidiis littoralis Chapm., Bull. Am. Mus. Xat. Hist. 

 N. Y., 1889, p. 118. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. 

 Pub., II, 1901, p. 144. Zool. Ser. 

 Coast Cotton Rat. 



Type locality. Micco, Brevard County, Florida. 

 Geogr. Distr. Southeastern Florida. 



h. Si ^inodon /iispi(/iis s/ifti/ ii-i fii/o'/ts Bangs. 



Sigmodo)i hispidtis spadicipygits Bangs, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. 



Hist., 1898, p. 192. 

 Sigmodon spadicipygus Elliot, Syn. X. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pul)., 

 II, 1901, p. 145. Zool. Ser. 

 Brown-rumped Cotton Rat. 



Type locality. Cape Sable, Monroe County, P'lorida. 



Geogr. Distr. Extreme southern part of the peninsula of Florida. 



c. Si^nif>/Jon liitijndit,^ fc.vfti.si.'i (Audubon & Bachman). 



Arvicola texiaua! Aud. & Bach., Quad. N. Am., iii, 1853, p. 229. 



Sigmodon hispidiis texensis Elliot. Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. 

 Pub., II, 1901, p. 144. Zool. Ser. 

 Texan Cotton Rat. 



Type locality. Brazos River, Texas. ♦■ 



Geogr. Distr. Eastern Texas as far west as Vernon and San An- 

 tonio, in Wilbarger and Bexar Counties, Texas, north to Cairo, Pratt 

 County, Kansas. 



(I . Si dinodoii //(s/)i(/ns hcrl a nd ii'i'i (Baird). 



Sigmodon berlandieri Baird, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1855, 



Sigmodon hispidtis pallidiis Mearns, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1897, 

 p. 504. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 1901, 

 p. 145. Zool. Ser. Id. Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, 

 F. C. M. Pub., IV, Pt. I, 1904, p. 228. Zool. Ser. 



Sigmodon hispidus berlandieri Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. 

 Indies, F. C. M. Pub., iv, Pt. i, 1904, p. 227. Zool. Ser. 



♦Very doubtfully separable from S. hispidus. See F. C. M. Pub., 11, 1901, 

 p. 42. 



