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Fic. 40. ORYZOMYS VEGETUS. 
Mus. Comp. Z Iwice nat. size 
, 
UPPER TOOTH ROW LOWER TOOTH ROW 
Enlarged to times Enlarged io times 
241. costaricen is (Oryzomys), Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 
1893, p- 239. 
Ev GENERAL RIcE Rar. 
Type locality. El General, Costa Rica. 
Geogr. Distr. Costa Rica, Central America. Altitude, from 2,150 
to 10,342 feet. 
Genl. Char. Size small; tail much longer than head and body. 
Skull with superciliary bead absent. 
Color. Above varying from yellowish brown to yellowish chest- 
nut, lined heavily with black; sides ochraceous buff; under parts deep 
buff; lateral line fulvous; tail naked, unicolor, pale brown; hands and 
feet buffy white; ears dusky brown on outside, yellowish inside. 
Measurements. Total length, 196; tail vertebra, 117; hind foot, 
23; ear from crown, 7. Skull: total length, 21; basal length, 17.8; 
zygomatic width, 11.4; width of braincase, 10.1; interorbital con- 
striction, 4.3; length of nasals, 8; length of upper molar series, 3. 
(ex Type.) 
242. *vegetus (Oryzomys), Bangs, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zodl., xxx1x,1902, 
D.. 33: 
* This is considered by Dr. J. A. Allen to be the same as O. costaricensts. 
See Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 1904, p. 60. 
