. 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. MAMMALS OF THE MEXICAN BOUNDARY. 381 Genus BAIOMYS True (1894). Baiomys Tbue, Proc. U, S. Nat. Mug., XVI, p. 758, Feb. 4, 1894. Ascending ramus of mandible short and erect. Condyle terminal. Coronoid process well developed, uncinate, and near the condyle. Size very small, tail short. Plantar tubercles, six. Soles (fig. 67) hairy (
. 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. MAMMALS OF THE MEXICAN BOUNDARY. 381 Genus BAIOMYS True (1894). Baiomys Tbue, Proc. U, S. Nat. Mug., XVI, p. 758, Feb. 4, 1894. Ascending ramus of mandible short and erect. Condyle terminal. Coronoid process well developed, uncinate, and near the condyle. Size very small, tail short. Plantar tubercles, six. Soles (fig. 67) hairy (True). Fig. 67.—Baiomys taylori. Under surface of feet, u,, forefoot; b, hindfoot. Type.—Hesperomys ( Vesperimus) taylori Thomas, from San Diego, Texas. BAIOMYS TAYLORI (Thomas). TAYIOR MOUSE. Hesperomys (Vesperimus) taylori Thomas, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist.; 5th ser., XIX, 1887, p. 66 (original description). Cricetus (Vesperirmbs) taylori, Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1888, p. 446. Sitomys^Baiomys) taylori, Tbue, Proc.'U. S. Nat. Mus., XVI, 1894, pp. 7-57, 758.— Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., VI, p. 181, May 31, 1894. Peromyscus (Baiomys) taylori, Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., VIII, pp. 65, 66. Type-locality.—San Diego, southern Texas. (Type in the British Museum.) Geographicalrange.—Tamaulipan Tropical Tract (Rockport,Browns- ville, San Diego, and 15 miles south of San Antonio, Texas).. Fig. 68.—Baiomys taylori. Crowns of molar teeth, showing progressive stages of wear. u, t, and e, lower, 6, d, and /, upper series. Description.—One of the smallest known North Antierican mice. In no wise closely related to any other described species from the United States, but closely related to Sitomys musculus Merriam {= Baiomys musculus), hom. near Colinia City, ; Length of a Described in Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, VIII, pp. 170, 171, September 29, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that
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