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Dusky-FOoTED Woop Rat. 
Type locality. Petaluma, Sonoma County, California. 
Geogr. Distr. Coast region of California and Oregon, from Mon- 
terey Bay to the Columbia River. State of Durango, Mexico? (Sclater.) 
Genl. Char. Tail nearly as long as head and body; size large; 
hind feet short; soles naked. 
Color. Above mixed reddish brown and black; sides reddish 
brown; dorsal region darkest; limbs outside to wrists and ankles 
like the back; feet dusky; under parts yellowish white; tail dusky 
all around. 
Measurements. Total length, 410; tail vertebra, 198; hind foot, 
41. Skull: occipito-nasal length, 54; Hensel, 44; zygomatic width, 
27; interorbital constriction, 6; length of nasals, 19; palatal length, 
24; length of upper tooth row, 9; length of mandible, 26. 
a.—macrotis (Neotoma), Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 6th Ser., 
mir 2893, p. 294... Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., roor, 
Pp. 159. 
simplex True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1894, p. 354. 
LARGE-EARED Woop Rat. 
Type locality. San Diego, San Diego County, California. 
Geogr. Distr. Lower California, Mexico, and southern California. 
Genl. Char. Similar to N. fusctpes, but smaller, and feet white; 
hairs on central portion of under parts white to the roots. Tail short. 
Color. Above mixed reddish brown and black; lighter on sides; 
dorsal area darkest; feet and entire under parts white; tail above 
brownish black, beneath pale brown. 
Young specimens have none, or very little, of the reddish brown 
color, but are a pale yellowish brown, and the belly is often tinged 
with buff. This pelage is the most common and may also represent 
that of winter. 
Measurements. Total length, 404; tail vertebre, 195; hind foot, 
41; ear, 32.5. Skull: occipito-nasal length, 43; Hensel, 34.5; zygo- 
matic width, 22; interorbital constriction, 6; length of nasals, 16; 
palatal length, 19; length of upper tooth row, 8; length of mandible, 21. 
277. torquata (Neotoma), Ward, Amer. Nat., xxv, 1891, p. 160. 
COLLARED Woop Rat. 
Type locality. Between Tetela del Volcan and Zacualpan Amil- 
pas, State of Morelos, Mexico. 
Geogr. Distr. State of Morelos, Mexico. Type locality only. 
Genl. Char. Breast collar pale Vandyke brown; hairs of belly 
at base, gray; tail bicolor; soles naked. 
