. Mammals of the Mexican boundary of the United States : a descriptive catalogue of the species of mammals occurring in that region; with a general summary of the natural history, and a list of trees . Mammals; Mammals; Trees; Trees; Natural history; Natural history. 172 BULLETTN" 56, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. Tiji>v^hi<-(ilit!i.—Yovi Clark, Kinney County, Texas. (Type, skull and skin. No. 847!)-t, ) Geographical rawf/e.—Inhabits the Eio Grande region of. Texas, extending south through Mexico as far as San Luis Potosi. General small; ears relatively smal
. Mammals of the Mexican boundary of the United States : a descriptive catalogue of the species of mammals occurring in that region; with a general summary of the natural history, and a list of trees . Mammals; Mammals; Trees; Trees; Natural history; Natural history. 172 BULLETTN" 56, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. Tiji>v^hi<-(ilit!i.—Yovi Clark, Kinney County, Texas. (Type, skull and skin. No. 847!)-t, ) Geographical rawf/e.—Inhabits the Eio Grande region of. Texas, extending south through Mexico as far as San Luis Potosi. General small; ears relatively small, with black and tip; horns small and strongly incurved; limbs rela- tively short; molar and premolar teeth very large; general color pale; coat fine and long. Color.—1-a the type, which is in complete winter coat, the upper surface is superficially a pepper-and-salt mixture of black, yellowish white, and gray. A distinctly blackish area begins anteriorly on the crown, between the horns and ears, and extends posteriorly almost to the root of the tail. The color gradually pales to light yellowish ash on the sides. All of the hairs of the upper surface are white at extreme base, plumbeous ash in the middle, black apically, and sub- terminally ringed with yellowish white, these whitish annuli increas- ing in width from the vertebral area downward. Under surface. o i Fig. 9.— americanus. (Cat. No. 912, , Viroi'nia.) a. Skull; h, audita:, region pure white on the axilla;, inner surface of thighs, and abdomen: fuliginous on the chest. Tail white below, black above, the black of the upi:»er surface much obscured by broad yellowish brown subter- minal annuli to the hairs. Head, with naked nose-pad, and front of under lip, plumbeous black. Iris yellowish hazel. Upper jaw white anteriorly, next to the naked muffle, becoming light ash farther back, with an intervening area of black, which latter forms a triangular area, with its base applied to the po
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