males less than 47, tail-length less than 155 in males, and hind
foot less than 40 in females); from _M. f. arthuri_ by less evenly
spreading zygomatic arches (see pls. 16, 17 and 18), greater
inflation of the tympanic bullae anteromedially and more nearly
straight (less convex) dorsal outline of skull.
_Description._--_Size._--Male: Eighteen adults and subadults from
Douglas County, Kansas, yield average and extreme measurements as
follows: Total length, 397 (371-440); length of tail, 133
(120-147); length of hind foot, 43 (40-47). Tail averages 50 per
cent as long as head and body. Length of hind foot averages less
than basal length. Corresponding measurements, originally taken in
inches and fractions thereof, of 9 adults and subadults from Boone
County, Arkansas, are as follows: 413 (384-438); 138 (127-155); 41
(38-44).
Female: Six adults and subadults from Douglas County, Kansas,
yield average and extreme measurements as follows: Total length,
339 (317-355); length of tail, 107 (95-115); length of hind foot,
35 (34-37). Tail averages 46 per cent of length of head and body.
Length of hind foot less than basal length. Corresponding
measurements, originally taken in inches and fractions thereof, of
5 adults and subadults from Boone County, Arkansas, are as
follows: 355 (332-397); 113 (101-127); 33 (29-38).
The average differences in external measurements of the two sexes,
in Douglas County, Kansas, are: Total length, 58; length of tail,
26; length of hind foot, 8. An adult male from Boone Co., Iowa,
weighed 293 grams.
_Externals._--Longest facial vibrissae black or dark brown (often
both colors in same specimen) and extending beyond ear; carpal
vibrissae colored either like underparts or upper parts and
extending to apical pad of fifth digit; hairiness of foot-soles as
shown in figure 20.
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