292 DIPODOMYS. 



California Kangaroo Rat. 



Type locality. Ukiah, Mendocino County, California. 

 Geogr. Distr. Northwestern California. 



a. Dipoclomys caUfornicus pallidulus Bangs. 



Dipodomys caUfornicus pallidulus Bangs, Proc. New Engl. Zool. 

 Club, I, 1899, p. 65. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. 

 Pub., II, 1901, Append., p. 431. Zool. Ser. 

 Paler Kangaroo Rat. 



Type locality. Sites, Colusa County, California. 

 Geogr. Distr. Known only from the type locality. 



723. Dipodomys elator Merriam. 



Dipodomys elator Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., ix, 1894, p. 109. 

 Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 1901, p. 235. 

 Zool. Ser. 

 Proud Kangaroo Rat. 



Type locality. Henrietta, Clay County, Texas. 

 Geogr. Distr. Northern Texas. Range unknown. 



724. Dipodomys deserti Stephens. 



Dipodomys deserti Stephens, Amer. Nat., xxi, 1887, p. 42. Elliot, 

 Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 1901, p. 235. Zool. 

 Ser. Id. Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, F. C. M. Pub., 

 IV, Pt. I, 1904, p- 345- Zool. Ser. 

 Desert Kangaroo Rat. 



Type locality. Mohave River, San Bernardino County, California. 

 Geogr. Distr. Mohave and Colorado deserts, southeastern Cali- 

 fornia, south to the State of Sonora and Lower CaHfomia, Mexico. 



a. DijHxloDnjs deserti helleri Elliot. 



Dipodomys deserti helleri Elliot, Pub. Field Columb. Mus., iii, 

 1903, p. 249. Zool. Ser. 

 Heller's Kangaroo Rat. 



Type locality. Keeler, Owens Lake, Inyo County, Cahfornia. 



Geogr. Distr. Known only from the type locality. 



Genl. Char. Size similar to that of D. deserti; color pale ochra- 

 ceous instead of pale yellowish brown ; upper^part of tail like the back, 

 with no black markings; no black on face. 



Color. Upper parts pale ochraceous or dark pinkish buff, a similar 

 tint to that of D. m. nitratus; line over eyes, sides of nose, fore 

 part of face, entire under parts, limbs and feet, pure white; tail with 

 pale ochraceous line above, becoming ochraceous near the tip; sides 

 and under part of lip pure white; ear same color as the back. 



