230 
EXPLOKATION OF THE CANONS OF THE COLORADO. 
of the word "salamander'' is not so obvious. The German equivalent of 
li pouched rat" is Taschenmaus. 
Measurements. 
h 
O 
From tip of nose to 
tt 
I 
Length of 
(i 
q 
ft 
"8 
8 
o 
Nature of 
a 
1 
Locality. 
Sex. 
B 
o -2 
o 

O 
& 
4> 
to 

specimen. 
E 
3 
<s 
CS 
I 
'3 
rH 
C3 
2 
o 
| 
to 
B 
O 
O 
H 
w 
O 
H 
H 
W 
Niobrara River . ..... 
g 
0.85 
1.40 
1.90 
6.75 
2.50 
1.50 
1.25 
0.70 
Alcoholic. 
7327 
Kansas ....... .... 
$ 
0.95 
1.65 
2.00 
6.50 
3.00 
1.50 
1.35 
0.70 
Alcoholic. 
1384 
Iowa . ... . ........ 
1.12 
1.70 
2.15 
1.55 
1.30 
0.68 
Alcoholic. 
357 
Saint Louis Mo 
* 
8.00 
3.00 
1.60 
1.35 
0.55 
Fresh. 
2635 
Saint Louis, Mo 
1.05 
1.75 
2.20 
7.00 
2. 75 
1.50 
1.35 
0.65 
Alcoholic. 
2636 
Saint Louis, Mo - 
1.20 
1.85 
2.60 
7.50 
3.35 
1.55 
1.35 
0.70 
Alcoholic. 
2633 
Illinois. 
1.00 
1.45 
1.90 
5.75 
2.65 
1.50 
1.15 
0.65 
Alcoholic. 
2539 
Iowa . .... .. . 
1.25 
2.10 
2.33 
8.90 
3.30 
1.45 
0.80 
Fresh. 
1775 
Vermilion River .... 
0.75 
1. 75 
2.25 
8.00 
1.75 
1.25 
0.75 
Fresh. 
2630* 
Louisiana 

0.90 
1.45 
1.75 
1.20 
1. 05 
0.55 
Alcoholic. 
*A type of breviceps. 
G-EOMYS TUZA, (Ord.) Coues. 
Hamster of Georgia, MITCHILL, N. Y. Med. Repos. v, 1802, 89 ; Bewick's Quad. 1st Am. ed. 1804, 525 (men 
tioned also by Anderson, Meare, Say, Barton, &c.) 
Mus tnza, ORD, Gnthrie's Geog. 2d Am. ed. ii, 1815, 292. (Based on MitchilFs animal.) 
Gcomys pinelis, RAF., Am. Month. Mag. ii, 1817, 45 (Georgia). BRANTS, Muizcn, 1827, 173. DKSM., Mamm. 
ii, 1822, 314 (note). LESS., Man. 1827, 260. BAIRD, M. N. A. 1857, 380, pi. 22, fig. 3 a-c. 
GESNER, Ann. Rep. Smiths. Inst. for 1860, 1861, 431 (habits). 
Saccophorusl pineti, FISCHER, Syu. 1829, 305. 
Geomyspineti, LEC., Froc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. vi, 1852, 159. ALLKN, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. ii, 1871, 178. 
fseudostoma floridana, AUD. & BACH., Q. N. A. iii, 1853, 242, pi. 150, f. 1. 
Southern Pouched Bat, AUD. & BACH. 
Geomys des pins, DESM., LESS., II. cc. 
Gopher ; Salamander, VCLG. 
DIAGNOSIS. Superior incisors with a main groove dividing the tooth into 
two unequal portions; the outer obviously the smaller; the inner, larger 
inoiety marked by an extremely fine marginal groove, faint, obscure, or per 
haps sometimes obsolete. Tail and hind feet in adult life naked, or nearly 
so.. Otherwise like G. bursarius. 
HABITAT. Georgia, Florida, and Alabama. 
Description (numerous specimens from the above localities, including 
some mentioned by Audubon, those described by Baird, and various others, 
