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REITHRODONTOMYS FULVESCENS TENUIS Allen. 

 Mexican Harvest Mouse. 

 (PI. II, fig. 7; PI. V, fig. 7.) 



Reithrodontomys tenuis Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XII, 1899, p. 15. * 

 Reithrodontomys griseofiavus Merriam, Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., Ill, 1901, p. 553 

 (Ameca, Jalisco) . 

 Type locality. — Rosario, Sinaloa, Mexico. 



Fig. 3.— Distribution of Reithrodontomys fulvescens and subspecies. 



Distribution. — Greater part of Mexico, except extreme northern and 

 southern portions; from southern Sonora, Durango, Zacatecas, San 

 Luis Potosi, NucYo Leon, and central Tamaulipas, south to southern 

 JaUsco, Michoacan, and the coast region of Vera Cruz. 



Characters. — Similar to fulvescenSj but colors darker and more 

 intensely ochraceous. 



