226 SIGMODON. 
occipito-nasal length, 35.8; zygomatic width, 20.4; length of palate 
to palatal notch, 16.2; length of upper molar series, 6; length of 
single half mandible, 20. 
hispidus toltecus. 
toltecus (Hesperomys), Sauss., Rev. Mag. Zool., z2me Sér., 1860, p. 
98. 
ToLtec Cotton Rat. 
Type locality. ‘‘Cordilleras of Vera Cruz,’’ Mexico. 
Geogr. Distr. Alta Mira, State of Tamaulipas, southward to 
Orizaba, State of Vera Cruz, Mexico. 
Genl. Char. Tail rarely equaling head and body; similar to 
S. luspidus; soles and tail naked. 
Color. Above mixed black and yellowish brown; flanks paler, 
the brown color predominating; chin and under parts grayish white; 
tail bicolor, above blackish, paler beneath; feet grayish brown. 
Measurements. Total length, 207-235; tail, 100-146; hind foot, 
17-28. Skull: basal length, 32; zygomatic breadth, 21; mastoid 
breadth, 15; length of nasals, 14; length of upper tooth row, 6.7. 
hispidus microdon (Sigmodon), Bailey, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xv, 
LOQG25.p.k Lae. 
SMALL-TOOTHED Cotton Rar. 
Type locality. Puerto Morelos, Yucatan. 
Geogr. Distr. Northern Yucatan, and State of Campeche, Mexico. 
Genl. Char. Size small; teeth small; tail short. 
Color. Above dark dull brown; beneath grayish white or buffy; 
tail above black, beneath brownish. 
Measurements. Total length, 243; tail, 96; hind foot, 32. Skull 
of type: basal length, 28.4; nasals, 12.5; zygomatic breadth, 18; 
mastoid breadth, 13; alveolar length of upper molar series, 5.5. 
(Batley vlc!) 
hispidus baileyi. 
batleyt (Sigmodon), Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 1903, p. 601. 
BaILey’s Cotton Rar. 
Type locality. La Cienega de las Vacas, State of Durango, 
Mexico. Altitude, 8,500 feet. 
Genl. Char. Similar to S. h. major, but smaller. 
Color. Upper parts gray brown, sides tinged with buff, with the 
long hairs tipped with white or black; under parts white, basal part 
of hairs plumbeous; side of nose ochraceous buff; base of tail suffused 
with cinnamon buff; feet pale buffy gray; tail blackish brown above, 
pale buffy gray beneath; ears dark gray. 
