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DIPODOMYS HEERMANNI.-Le Conte. 
SYNONYME. 
Dipodomys IIeermanni. — Le Conte, Proc. Acad. Nat. £>ci., Phila., vol. vi., p. 224. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tail shorter than the body ; hairs on the outer third very long ; ears 
moderately small ; antitragus obsolete. 
COLOUR. 
Tail brown, becoming black towards the extremity, with a broad white 
vitta on each side ; tip pure black. 
GENERAL REMARKS. 
This species was procured in the Sierra Nevada, by Dr. Heermann. 
The specimen was not quite full grown. The above description, &c., wc 
take from Dr. Le Conte’s remarks in the Proc. Acad. Nat. Sciences, 
Philadelphia, cited above. 
