240 ORYZOMYS. 
220. fulgens (Oryzomys), Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 6th Ser.. 
1893, P. 403. 
SHINING Rice Rat. 
Type locality. Unknown. “ Mexico.’ 
Genl. Char. Size large; fur coarse, woolly; ears small; tail long. 
Color. Above bright fulvous; under parts whitish, tinged with 
fawn; outer side of limbs like back, inner side whitish; hands and 
feet silvery fawn; tail blackish above, yellowish below. 
Measurements. ‘Total length, 301; tail, 151; hind foot, 37.5; ear 
from notch, 13.3. Skull: zygomatic breadth, 17.8; length of nasals, 
13.2; interorbital constriction, 4.8; length of palatine foramen, 7.3; 
length of upper molar series, 5.2. (Thomas, l. c.) 
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Fig. XXX|IX. ORYZOMYS MOLESTUS. OCOTLAN RICE RAT. 
221. molestus (Oryzomys), Elliot, Pub. Field Columb. Mus., 
1903, p. 145. Zoology. 
OcoTLan RicE Rat. 
Type locality. Ocotlan, State of Jalisco, Mexico. 
Genl. Char. Size large; ears small; tail very long; color beneath 
uniform. Skull about half as broad as long; supraorbital beads diver- 
ging posteriorly from least interorbital width in almost straight lines, 
unlike those of O. fulgens; palatal arch with an azygos central point; 
palatine foramina very long and broad. 
Color. Above dark fulvous; flanks pale buff; forehead darker 
than back; under parts grayish white, with a nearly pure white 
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pectoral spot; limbs like back; hands and feet grayish; tail nearly 
naked, pale brown above, lighter beneath; ears pale brown. 
Measurements. Total length, 325; tail vertebre, 170; hind foot, 
38. Skull: greatest length, 35; Hensel, 28; zygomatic width, 18; 
mastoid width, 14; length of nasals, 14; width of rostrum, 6; inter- 
orbital constriction, 6; palatal length, 7; length of upper tooth row, 6. 
