276 NEOTOMA, 
Subfam. II. Neotominee. Wood Rats. 
54. Neotoma. 
pS Me nee 
I—1 3 
C. H. Merriam, The Neotomine, with a description of a new genus 
and species and a synopsis of the known forms. Proc. Acad. Nat. 
Scien. Phil., 1894, p. 225. 
Neotoma Say & Ord, Journ. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1825, p. 345, 
pls. xx1, xxu1. Type Neotoma floridana Ord. 
Skull long; zygomatic width equals half the length of skull; edge 
of maxilla bounding antorbital foramen, rounded; the foramen broad 
and open above, compressed into a somewhat narrow slit below; 
intermaxille reaching back to interorbital region; nasals much shorter; 
palate terminating with a concave border posteriorly between last 
two molars; audital bulle small, their axes oblique to that of the 
skull; occipital plane of skull perpendicular, at right angles to the 
superior surface; process of jugals descending downward and backward, 
Fic. 45. NEOTOMA MICROPUS. 
No. 4895 Field Columbian Mus, Coll. Nat. size. 
UPPER TOOTH ROW. LOWER TOOTH ROW. 
Enlarged 5 times. Enlarged § times. 
