. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. BANGS : CHIRIQUI MAMMALIA. 39 Reithrodontomys costaricensis Allen. Thirty specimens, Boquete, 4,000 to 6,000 feet, January, February, April, and June. I have compared this series with specimens from the type locality — La Car- pintera, Costa Rica — loaned by Dr. Allen, and cannot find that the Chiriqui animal is at all different. They vary a good deal individually in color, nuig- ing from strong brownish orange rufous, without darker dorsal band to raw umber with darker dorsal band: below the color ranges from white t
. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. BANGS : CHIRIQUI MAMMALIA. 39 Reithrodontomys costaricensis Allen. Thirty specimens, Boquete, 4,000 to 6,000 feet, January, February, April, and June. I have compared this series with specimens from the type locality — La Car- pintera, Costa Rica — loaned by Dr. Allen, and cannot find that the Chiriqui animal is at all different. They vary a good deal individually in color, nuig- ing from strong brownish orange rufous, without darker dorsal band to raw umber with darker dorsal band: below the color ranges from white to dull fulvous. Young individuals are always darker and duller than adults. li. costaricensis was one of the commoner small mammals of the forest belt of the Volcan de Chiriqui. Reithrodontomys gp nov. Type. —Mus. Comp. Zoul., No. 10,284 ad. 9 Volcan de Chiriqui, June 2, 1901. 11,000 feet. Characters. — Belonging to a peculiar group of large-sized species with curi- ous bird-like skulls, —very long slender rostrum and large round brain case. Pelage exceedingly long, dense, and silky; colors all very dark ; hind foot very. 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 Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology. Cambridge, Mass. : The Museum
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