Bailei/ — El(wen Neio Species and Subspecies of Pocket Gophere:. 117 
Thomomys neglectus s[). iiov. 
SAX (lAHKIKL flOI'llKli. 
Type from Sun Antonio I’lnik (liear Flat Meadows at (>-100 feet altitude) 
in the San (ial)riel Mountains, (’alifoi-nia. Adult c?, No. i;>7,cS()0, th S. 
Nat. Alns., Biolotjieal Survi'y (’nllee.lion. (Collected July 2;!, lOOd, by 
James II. (Taut; orioinal numhei-, :’>7I0. 
Characters. —Size medium, skull lone; and narrow with almost straight 
dor.sal outline, dolor very dark with e.xee.ss of clear black; upperparts 
dark f;ray produced by a heavy mixture of black-tipped hairs over dull 
l)nft’; nose, face, and (uir patch l)lackish; tail "ray, feet whitish; lower- 
parts dull hutr. 
Measurements of type. —Total length, 220; tail vertehree, 77; hind foot, 
81 (82 measured dry). 
Thomomys mearnsi * sp. nov. 
AIEARNS GOPHER. 
Type from Gray’s Ranch in Animas Valley, southwest corner of New 
Alexico. Adult d', No. 157,008, F. S. Nat. Alns., Biological Survey 
Collection. Collected August 10, 1908, by E. A. t-roldman; original num¬ 
ber, 19,989. 
Characters. —Slightly smaller than fulvus ; skull short and wide with 
very slender, projecting incisors, much as in nelsont. Color, upperparts 
dull cinnamon with blackish nose and ear patches ; lowerparts pale cin¬ 
namon; tail huffy gray; feet whitish. 
Measurements of type. —Total length, 220; tail vertebra?, 07; hind foot, 
81. 
Thomomys fuscus columbianus snbsp. nov. 
COLUMBLV GOPHER. 
Type from Touchet, AValla Walla County, AVasliington. Adult cJ*, 
No. IfH?' U. S. Nat. Alns., Biological Survey Collection. Collected 
September 10, 1890, by Clark P. Streator; original number, 284. 
Characters. —Size much larger than fuscus, slightly larger than quad- 
ratus ; skull heavier than that of quadratus ; colors paler than either, 
about as infisheri. Upperparts light fawn color or huffy gray; sides and 
belly pale huffy gray; ear and postanricnlar patch black; nose slaty; tail 
gray with white tip; feet wldtish. 
Measurements of type. —Total length. 209; tail vertebrae, 60; hind foot, 
28. 
Thomomy.s fuscus saturatus snl)sp. nov. 
COEUR D’ALENE GOPHER, t 
Type from Silver (nearSaltese) in the western corner of AlissonlaCounty, 
Alontana, at 4300 feet altitude, in the Coeur d’Alene Alonntains. Ailnlt 
*I take pleasure in naming' this goplier for Dr. E. .\. Mearns, who has contriluited 
so much to our knowledge of the mammals along the northern boundary of Mexico. 
