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Peromyscus canadensis nubiterrae Rhoads Cloudland white-footed 



moiLse 



1896 Peromyscus leucopus nubiterrae Rhoads, Proc. acad. iiat. 



sci. Philadelphia, p. 187. (Summit of Roan mouutain, N. C.) 



1897 Peromyscus canadensis nubiterrae Rhoads, Proc. acad. nat. 



sci. Philadelphia, p. 213. 

 Adults dull Irownish above. Total length, 170 (6f); tail vertebrae, 86 (3^); 

 hind foot 21.5 (if), (nubiterrae; N. Lat., of Cloudland) 



This form of the Canadian white-footed mouse is confined to the 

 spruce forests of the high southern AUeghanies. 



Peromyscus leucopus (Rafinesque) Deer motcse 



1818 Musculus leucopus Rafinesque, Am. monthly magazine. 3: 446. 



(Kentucky) 

 1895 Peromyscus leucopus Thomas, Ann. and mag. nat. hist. Feb. 1895. 

 ser. 6. 15 : 192. 

 Tail 40% io 45 % of total levgth, ivitli an inconspicuous tvft of hair at tip; ears 

 and eyes moderate ; adults chestnut hroivn above (young bluish gray) ; belly hairs 

 always snowy white at tips. Total length, 170 (6|); tail vertebrae, 75 (3); hind 

 foot, 20 (if). (Leucopus; Gk., white foot) 



The deer mouse is abundant throughout the upper austral and transi- 

 tion zones. The race occurring in the former is true leucopus, that 

 of the transition zone has been separated as P. 1. n o v e b o r a c e n s i s. 

 {See Miller, Proc. Boston soc. nat. hist. 28:22) The status of these 

 forms is not well understood. 



Peromyscus maniculatus (Wagner) Labrador deer mouse 



1845 H es J) e rom y s maniculatus Wagner, Wiegmann's Archiv fiir 

 naturgesch. 11, 1 : 148. (Moravian settlements of Labrador) 



1898 Pe r o m y s c u s maniculatus Bangs, American naturalist. July 

 1898. 32:496. 



Color about as in P. canadensis canadensis. Total length, 165 

 (6^) ; tail vertebrae, 74 (3) ; hind foot, 20 (tb). (maniculatus; Lat., gloved) 



The Labrador white-footed mouse is probably confined to the wooded 

 parts of the Hudsonian zone in Labrador. The species is very imper- 

 fectly known. 



Genus Neotoma Say & Ord 



1825 Neotoma Say & Ord. Jour. acad. nat. sci. Philadelphia, v. 9, pt 2, 

 p. 346. Type Neotoma florid an a Say & Ord. 

 Front teeth without grooves, narrow, compressed, much deeper than broad ; 

 grinding teeth rooted, the flat crown divided by enamel folds into loops and 



