Bailey's Wood-Rat 
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which is abundant on the prairie there, much as Bailey 
describes in the case of N, micropus. 
FIG. 36. bailey's wood-rat, ON TREE CACTUS 
From life, Herman W. Nash, Photo. 
Neotoma fallax (Lsit fallax, deceptive, deceitful). Gale's 
Wood-Rat. 
Neotoma fallax Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., ix., p. 123, 
(1894). 
Type locality. — Gold Hill, Boulder County, Colorado (Denis Gale). 
Measurements. — Total length, 12.75 ; tail vert., 5-7; hind foot, 1.4. 
Description. — (From a specimen taken at Colorado Springs, Nov. 
6th) : Above dark buff y ochraceous, heavily lined with black on 
back; head grayer, blackish ring around eye; upper part tail black; 
feet and entire under parts white. 
Distribution. — Thus far Gale's Wood-rat has only been found in 
Colorado and New Mexico. In the former State, however, it seems 
to be widely distributed. It has been reported from Larimer, 
Boulder, El Paso, Fremont, Chaffee, Montezuma, Montrose, and 
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