. 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. Fig. 80.—Peromyscus mearnsii. Skull, a, dorsal view; 6, ventral view; c, lateral view. The young, when quite small, are slate-gray above, and grayish white below, with a black patch occupying the anterior third of the convex surface of the ear. Cranial and dental characters.—The skull and teeth of Peromyscus mearnsii (figs. 80 and
. 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. Fig. 80.—Peromyscus mearnsii. Skull, a, dorsal view; 6, ventral view; c, lateral view. The young, when quite small, are slate-gray above, and grayish white below, with a black patch occupying the anterior third of the convex surface of the ear. Cranial and dental characters.—The skull and teeth of Peromyscus mearnsii (figs. 80 and 81) indicate a species allied to, but probably specifically distinct from, P. leucopus. The skuUis smaller than that of P. texanus, from which it also differs in shape. RemarTcs.—This mouse differs from P. texanus, its next neighbor on the west, in being more scantily coated throughout, especially as to its tail, which is much longer than that of P texanus, and differs further in not being sharply bicolor. In full winter pelage it is not so strikingly different, but the fur is shorter at all seasons. Fig. 81.—Peromyscus mearnsii. Crowns OF molar teeth, o, lower series; b, up- per SERIES. PEROMYSCUS TEXANUS (Woodhouse). TEXAS GRAY WOOD MOTJSE. Besperomys texana Woodhouse, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., VI, No. VII, Feb., 1853, p. 242 (original description); Report of an Expedition down the Zuni and Colorado Rivers, by Capt. L. Sitgreaves, 1853, pp. 48,49, pi. ii. Armcola {Hesperomys) texana, Avdvboh and BACHMAN, Am., Ill, 1854, p. 319. Besperomys texanus, Baird, Mam. N. Am., 1857, p. 464 (in part). Peromyscus canus Mearns, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XVIII, 1896, p. 445 (p. 3 of advance sheet issued March 25, 1896).—Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., VIII, Art. V, April 22, 1896, pp. 64, 65.—Miller and Rehn, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., XXX, No. 1, Dec. 27, 1901, p. 71 (Syst. Results Study N. Am. Mam", to close of 1900). [Peromyscus] canus, Elliot, Field Col. Mu
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