NORTH AMERICAN LAND MAMMALS. 171 



Genus ORYZOMYS Baird.^ 



1857. Oryzomys Baird, Mamm. N. Amer., p. 458. Type, Mus 

 palustris Harlan. 



*Oryzomys palustris palustris (Harlan). 



1837. Mus palustris Harlan, Silliman's Anier. Journ. Sci., vol. 



31, p. 386. 

 1857. Oryzomys palustris Baird, Mamm. N. Amer., p. 459. 

 1885. Hesperomys palustris True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 7 



(1884), p. 597. 1885. (Part.) 

 1894. Oryzomys palustris Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 



vol. 3, p. 215. April 17, 1891. 

 1894. Oryzomys palustris texensis Allen,^ Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. 



Hist., vol. 6, p. 177. May 31, 1894. (Rockport, Aransas 



County, Texas.) 

 Type Locality. — Fast Land, near Salem, Salem County, New 



Jersey. 



*Oryzomys palustris oryzivorus (Audubon and Bachman). 



1853. Arvicola oryzivora Audubon and Bachman, Quadr. N. 



Amer., vol. 3, p. 214. 

 1902. Oryzomys palustris oryzivorus Rhoads, Amer. Nat., vol. 



36, p. 662. August, 1902. 

 Type Locality. — St. John's Parish, South Carohna. 



*Oryzomys natator natator (Chapman). 



1893. Oryzomys palustris natator Chapman, Bull. Amer. Mus. 



Nat. Hist., vol. 5, p. 44. March 17, 1893. 

 1901. Oryzomys natator Merriam, Proc. Washington Acad. Sci., 



vol. 3, p. 277. July 26, 1901. 

 Type Locality. — Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida. 



Regai'ded by Rhoads (Amer. Nat., vol. 36, p. 662, August, 1902) as identical 

 with 0. palustris oryzivorus. 



*Oryzomys natator coloratus (Bangs). 



1898. Oryzomys palustris coloratus Bangs, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. 

 Hist., vol. 28, p. 189. March, 1898. 

 tl901. Oryzomys natator fioridanus Merriam, Proc. Washington 

 Acad. Sci., vol. 3, p. 277. July 6, 1901. (Everglade, Monroe 

 County, Florida.) 

 Type Locality. — Cape Sable, Monroe County, Florida. 



1 Forms occurring in the United States and Mexico (palustris to fulvescens) revised by Merriam ( Proc. 

 Washington Acad. Sci., vol. 3, p. 273-295, July 2G, 1901). Ranges not given. 

 « Regarded as probably a distinct local form by Meams (Mamm. Mex. Boundary, p. 455, April 13, 1907). 



