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D1P0D0MYS ORD11.— Woodhouse 
Ord’s Pouched Mouse. 
CHARACTERS. 
Light reddish brown above, beneath white ; tail short, and penicillate at the 
end. 
SYNONYME. 
Dipodomys Ordii. — Woodhouse, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1853, p. 235. 
DESCRIPTION. 
A little smaller than D. Philipsii, G-ray ; head and tail shorter, nose 
long and pointed, extending some distance beyond the incisors ; ears some- 
what round, the anterior portion almost naked, posteriorly covered with 
short fine hair. 
COLOUR. 
Dark reddish brown above ; sides light reddish brown ; fur ash colour 
at base ; side of the nose, half of the cheek, spot behind the ear, band 
across the thigh and beneath, pure white ; a black spot at the base of the 
long whiskers ; a superciliary ridge of white on either side ; the penicil- 
lated portion of the tail is formed of long white hairs, with bright brown 
tips. 
DIMENSIONS. 
Inches. 
Total length from tip of nose to root of tail, - - - 5 
“ “ of vertebrae of tail, 4fV 
“ of tail, including hair at tip, - - - 5 T % 
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of os calcis, including middle toe and nail, 
of ear, 
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION. 
Western Texas. 
