. 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 BOUNDABY. 403 Border, which constitute a very homogeneous group. At present I am inchiding truei, hoylii, and even stepJiensi (which is near eremicus) in the subgenus The characters of the feet and tail in this subgenus are indicated in fig. a b . c Fig. 79.—Peeomtscus leucopds. u,, fobefoo
. 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 BOUNDABY. 403 Border, which constitute a very homogeneous group. At present I am inchiding truei, hoylii, and even stepJiensi (which is near eremicus) in the subgenus The characters of the feet and tail in this subgenus are indicated in fig. a b . c Fig. 79.—Peeomtscus leucopds. u,, fobefoot; 6, hindfoot; c, tail. PEROMYSCUS MEARNSII (Allen). HEARNS MOUSE. Vesperimus meamsii Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., Ill, No. 2, Art. XX, June 30, 1891, p. 299 (original description). Sitomys meamsii, Beyant, Zoe, III, Oct., 1892, p. 214.—Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., VI, May, 1894, pp. 179-181. P[eromyscus] meamsii, Attwatek, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., V, Nov. 8,1895, p. 331. Peromyscus meam,si, Elliot, Field Col. Mus., Zool. Ser., II, 1901, p. 132 (Synop. Mam. N. Am.): Peromyscus meam,sii, Miller and Rbhn, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., XXX, No. 1, Dec. 27, 1901, p. 78 (Syst. Results Study N. Am. Mam. to close of 1900). Type-locality.—Brownsville, Texas. (Type, skin and skull, in the American Museum of Natural History.) Geographical range.—This species inhabits the TamauUpan Trop- ical Tract, in southern Texas, where it has been found, along the Gulf of Mexico, in the strip of country extending from Rockport to Brownsville. Description (based on seven topotypes).—Upper surface dusky grayish-brown, suffused with fawn color, which is strongest on the sides; under parts pure white in winter, grayish white in summer;. 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 Mearns, Edgar Alexander, 18
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