. 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. 490 BULLETIN 56, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. NEOTOMA PINETORUM Merriam. FINE WOOD-RAT. Neotoma pinetorum Meeriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., VIII, p. Ill, Jxily 31, 1893 (original description).—Miller and Rehn, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., No. 1^ Dec. 27, 1901, p. 108 (Syst. Results Study N. Am. Mam, to close of 1900). [Neotoma] p
. 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. 490 BULLETIN 56, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. NEOTOMA PINETORUM Merriam. FINE WOOD-RAT. Neotoma pinetorum Meeriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., VIII, p. Ill, Jxily 31, 1893 (original description).—Miller and Rehn, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., No. 1^ Dec. 27, 1901, p. 108 (Syst. Results Study N. Am. Mam, to close of 1900). [Neotoma] pinetorum, Elliot, Field Col. Mus., Zool. Ser., II, 1901, p. 158 (Synop. Mam. N. Am.).. Fig. 121.—Neotoma pinetokdm. Skcll. u,, doesal view; b, vSntkal view; c, lateral view. Type-locality.—San Francisco Mountain, Arizona. (Type, skin and skull, Cat. No. Ill If, U. S. National Museum, Biological Survey col- lection.) GeograpJiical range.—Forested areas of the Colorado Plateau in northeastern Arizona. Transition and Lower Boreal zones. Description.—Similar to Neotoma mexicana, but much larger, and of a darker, more ful- vous color on the upper surface. Length, 360 mm.; tail vertebrae, 160; hind foot, .37; ear from crown, 25. Skull, 47 by 24 (adult male from Baker's Butte, Yavapai County, Arizona). Above fulvous, thickly lined with black-tipped hairs; under surface and feet, white; tail black above, white below; sides of face, grayish. Cranial and dental characters.—The skull and teeth (figs. 121 and 122), though much heavier than in Neotoma mexicana, have much the same character. The interpterygoid space is remarkably long and narrow. RemarTcs.—This species does not reach the Mexican Line, but was included in my earlier collections, made in Arizona from 1884 to 1888. TIabits and local distribution.—This rat builds large nests in thickets and stumps of trees. It enters houses freely. At Bakers Butte (altitude, 8,000 feet) I trapped a specimen in a cabin; and the sp
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