118 HUNTING AND FISHING IN FLORIDA. 
LEPUS SYLVATICUS FLORIDANUS A//en. 
Southern Gray Rabbit. 
Very similar to the preceding species, but darker and somewhat 
smaller. It is common throughout Middle and Southern Florida. 
Famity GEOMYID. Tue PoucHED GoPuERs. 
GEOMYS TUZA (Ord.). 
Florida Gopher. Salamander. 
Very common, usually inhabiting the pine woods, where it lives 
in holes. The natives call the land turtle (Gopherus polyphemus, 
Daud.), a ‘‘ gopher,” and this is often confusing, as both animals 
live in holes and often in the same localities. 
Famity MURIDZE. Mice anv Rats. 
NEOTOMA FLORIDANA Say. and Aud. 
Wood Rat. 
A large, big-eared rat, grayish brown above and whitish beneath ; 
feet white; length, including tail, 14 to 15.50; tail, 6 to 7.25. 
Rather common in some localities, and is supposed to be gener- 
ally distributed through the State. I have seen many nests of this 
species and trapped a number of specimens near Cape Canaveral. 
It prefers the heavily wooded hummocks. 
MUS RATTUS Zzzn. 
Black Rat. 
Above, dark slaty black; under parts dark gray. Size very 
variable; an average specimen will measure from 13 to 15 inches’ 
in length, including tail. 
The Black Rat is not common. Specimens have been taken near 
Titusville, and Mr. Chapman records it from Enterprise (four spec- 
imens taken by Mr. Brownell). This species was introduced into 
