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NKOTOMA. 105
Skin and skull. Adult nude. Old Fort Tejon, in mountuiiis
south of Kern Lake, Calil'ornia. Collected hy J. Xantus. Origi-
nal number f^|.
(Catalogued March 24, 1859.
Well-nuide skin in fair condition; skull perfect, except for a large piece of
squamosal broken out on ri^ht side.
Neotoma desertorum sola Merriam. Biological Survey collection.
Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., IX, p. 12(), July 2, 1894.
Isisi- Skin and skull. Adult male. San Emigdio, Kern Count}^
California. October 1>-1, 1891. Collected by E. W. Nelson. Origi-
nal number 1369.
Well-made skin in good condition; skull perfect except na-sals, which are
slightly fractured; angular process of left mandibular ramus broken.
Mr. E. A. Goldman informs us that the skin and the skull in this case are not
properly associated, since they belong to different species.
Neotoma ferruginea solitaria (loldman. Biological Survey coll.
Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XVIIl, p. 31, February 2, 1905.
76908. Skin and skull. Adult male. Nenton, Guatemala. Decembcn-
17, 1895. . Collected by E. W. Nelson and E. A. Goldman.
Original nimi])er 8813.
Well-made skin in good condition; skull perfect.
Neotoma splendens True.
Diagnoses of Some Undescribed Wood Rats (Genus Neotoma) in the National
Museum, p. 1, June 27, 1894. (Reprinted in Proc. V. S. Nat. Mus., XVII,
No. 1000, p. 353, November 15, 1894.)
19693. Skin; no record of a skull. Adult male. Marin County,
California. Novemliei- 25, 1887. Purchased from C. K. Worthen.
Original ruunber 211. Catalogued September -t, 1891.
AVell-made skin in gooil comlition.
Neotoma stephensi (Joldman. Biological Survey collection.
Proc. Biol. S(.c. Wash., XVIII, pp. 32-33, February 2, 1905.
117466. Skin and skidl. Adult female. Hualpai Mountains, Arizona.
July 1, 1902. (Collected by F. Stephens. Original number
4192.
Well-made skin in good condition; skull perfect.
Neotoma fuscipes streatori Merriam. Biological Sur\-cv collection.
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