98 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Peromyscus canadensis nubiterrae Rhoads Cloudlaiid white-footed 



mouse 



1896 Per o ru y sc us leucopus nubiterrae Rhoads, Proc. acad. nat. 



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



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



sci. Philadelphia, p. 213. 



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

 hind foot 21.5 (il). (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 mouse 



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% to 45 % of total lengtli, uith an inconspicuous tuft of hair al tip', ears 

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

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

 foot, 20 (xl). (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 Hesperomys maniculatus Wagner, Wiegmann's Archiv fiir 

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



1898 Per om ys c u s maniculatus Bangs, American naturalist. July 

 1898. 32:496. 



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

 (6i) ; tail vertebrae, 74 (3); hind foot, 20 (A). (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 floridana 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 



