74 MAMMALS OF UTAH 



ARIZONA WOOD RAT 



NEOTOMA CINERA ARIZONAE (Merriam) 



Ncotoma arizonae Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., VIII, 

 pp. 110-111" July 31, 1893. Type from Keam Canyon, 

 Apache County, Arizona; female adult, Merriam Collec- 

 tion; collected by J. Sullivan, May -21, 1888. 



Description — Fresh pelage : Upper parts varying from 

 pale to bright ochraceous buff, purest along cheeks and 

 sides, thinly overlaid with dusky; feet and under- parts 

 white; tail grayish brown above, white below. (Goldman.) 



Distribution — Northeastern Arizona, southeastern 

 Utah, southwestern Colorado and northwestern New Mexico. 

 Specimens have been taken at Bluff City, Utah. It is said 

 that the pale coloration of arizonae is the result of its des- 

 ert environment. 



CINNAMON BUSHY-TAILED 

 WOOD RAT 



NEOTOMA CINEREA OROLESTES (Merriam) 



Neotoma orolestes Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., IX, p. 128, 

 July 2, 1894. Type from Saguache Valley, 20 miles west 

 of Saguache, Saguache County, Colo.; collected by J. 

 Alden Loring, August 13, 1892. 



Neotoma garangeri Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. VI, 

 pp. 325-326, November 7, 1894. Type from Custer, South 

 Dakota. 



Neotoma cinnamonea Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. VII, 

 pp. 331-332, November 8, 1895. 



Description — Color — Fresh pelage (October) : Upper 

 parts ochraceous buff, purest along sides, darkened over 

 back by blackish hairs ; head slightly paler ; under parts and 

 feet dull white, the hairs over pectoral and inguinal regions 

 white to roots ; tail above on proximal third grayish buff, be- 

 coming brownish buff on distal two-thirds ; below white with 

 a more or less distinct pale buffy band across base. Young 

 (about half grown) : Darker than in N. cinerea. (Goldman.) 



Distribution — This species ranges mostly throughout 

 Wyoming and the greater part of Colorado, touching Utah 

 only in the extreme northeast, close to the Wyoming-Colo- 

 rado line. 



