. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 490 BULLETIN 56, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. NEOTOMA PINETORUM Merriam. PINE WOOD-RAT. , Neotoma pinetorum Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., VIII, p. Ill, July 31, 1S93 (original description).—Miller and Rehn, Proc. Bost. Soc. Xat. Hist., No. 1, Dec. 27, 1901, p. 108 (Syst. Results Study X. Am. Main, to close of 1900). [Neotoma] pinetorum, Elliot, Field Col. Mus., Zool. Ser., II, 1901, p. 168 (Synop. Mam. X. Am.).. Fig. 121.—Neotoma pinetorum. Skull, o, dorsal view; b. ventral view; c, lateral view. Type-locality.—San Francisco Mountain, A
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 490 BULLETIN 56, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. NEOTOMA PINETORUM Merriam. PINE WOOD-RAT. , Neotoma pinetorum Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., VIII, p. Ill, July 31, 1S93 (original description).—Miller and Rehn, Proc. Bost. Soc. Xat. Hist., No. 1, Dec. 27, 1901, p. 108 (Syst. Results Study X. Am. Main, to close of 1900). [Neotoma] pinetorum, Elliot, Field Col. Mus., Zool. Ser., II, 1901, p. 168 (Synop. Mam. X. Am.).. Fig. 121.—Neotoma pinetorum. Skull, o, dorsal view; b. ventral view; c, lateral view. Type-locality.—San Francisco Mountain, Arizona. (Type, skin and skull, Cat. No. IfiH, U. S. National Museum, Biological Survey col- lection.) Geographical 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 vertebra-, 160; hind foot, 37; car 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 Neot&ma mexicana, have much the -nine character. The interptervgoid space is remarkably long and narrow. Remarks.—This species does not reach the Mexican Line, but was included in my earlier collections, made in Arizona from 1884 to 1S88. Habits 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 species Fig. 122.—Neotoma pine- torum. Crowns of mo- lar teeth, a. lower se- ries; b. UPPER Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for rea
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