. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Fig. 65.—Onychomys torridus arenicola. Skull of type, a, Dorsal view; b, Ventral view; c Lateral view. ish drab, with little mixture of black-tipped hairs; inclining to fawn color on sides with a conspicuous tuft of white at anterior base of ear; dark spot on anterior hand of ear, dark drab instead of black; whiskers more white than black. Under parts, feet, and end of tail white; basal two-thirds of upper side of tail drab, some of the hairs with hoary tips. Length, 137 mm.; tail vertebrae, 53 (to end of pencil, 57); ear from crown, 14: ear
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Fig. 65.—Onychomys torridus arenicola. Skull of type, a, Dorsal view; b, Ventral view; c Lateral view. ish drab, with little mixture of black-tipped hairs; inclining to fawn color on sides with a conspicuous tuft of white at anterior base of ear; dark spot on anterior hand of ear, dark drab instead of black; whiskers more white than black. Under parts, feet, and end of tail white; basal two-thirds of upper side of tail drab, some of the hairs with hoary tips. Length, 137 mm.; tail vertebrae, 53 (to end of pencil, 57); ear from crown, 14: ear from notch, 17: length of hind foot, 21. Skull (fig. 65), by Remarks.—This is the counterpart of (). jxilhsc< us, of which it is a miniature. The two are almost indistinguishable in color, and their ranges are probably coincident. The specimens of this species taken west of the Rio Grande, for the first hundred miles, are small eared, hut otherwise closely resemble typical torridus, to which they are unhesitatingly referred. Specimen No. ', ,V. U. S. National Museum, an example of this form, was included by Professor Baird in his "list of specimens of IU s/x roim/s ; This specimen was collected by Doctor Kennedy between the Pecos River and the Ilio Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.
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