Maximum | 20.3 | 10.9 | 7.2 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 7.3 | 9.9 | 7.1 Minimum | 19.2 | 10.2 | 6.7 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 6.8 | 9.3 | 6.8 ----------------+------+------+------+------+------+-----+-----+----- | _Baiomys musculus nigrescens_, | Valley of Comitán, Chiapas, México | Number | of specimens | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 Average | 19.5 | 10.1 | 7.1 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 6.9 | 9.3 | 6.9 Maximum | 20.3 | 11.1 | 7.4 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 7.4 | 9.6 | 7.3 Minimum | 19.1 | 9.8 | 6.7 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 6.6 | 9.0 | 6.7 ----------------+------+------+------+------+------+-----+-----+----- Albert Alcorn wrote in his itinerary that some of the type series were taken shortly after lunch (I assume this would mean near noon) near a small creek, and that the specimens from 9 mi. NNW Esteli were trapped in wood piles and rock piles about dusk. _Specimens examined._--Total (all from Nicaragua) 36 as follows: Esteli: type locality, 22 (including the type); 8 mi. NNW Esteli, 3; 9 mi. NNW Esteli, 8. Jinotega: 1 mi. NW Jinotega, 1; San Rafael Del Norte, 1 AMNH. Matagalpa: Matagalpa, 1 AMNH. LITERATURE CITED DALQUEST, W. W. 1953. Mammals of the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí. Louisiana State Univ. Studies, Biol. Sci. Ser. No. 1:1-229, 1 fig., December 28. GOODWIN, G. G. 1934. Mammals collected by A. W. Anthony in Guatemala, 1924-1928. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 68:1-60, 5 pls., December 12. HOOPER, E. T. 1952a. Notes on the pygmy mouse (Baiomys), with description of a new subspecies from Mexico. Jour. Mamm., 33:90-97, February 18. 1952b. A systematic review of the harvest mice (Genus Reithrodontomys) of Latin America. Misc. Publ., Mus. Zool., Univ. Mich., 77:1-255, 9 pls., January 16. OSGOOD, W. T. 1909. Revision of the mice of the American Genus Peromyscus. N. Amer. Fauna, 28:1-285, 8 pls., 12 figs., April 17. _Transmitted August 25, 1958._ * * * * * Transcriber's Note Variations of spelling as presented in the paper have been retained fuscus; fuscous foramen; foramena comayabuela; comayaguela Bold text is represented like =this= Italic text is represented like _this_ End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of New Subspecies of the Rodent Baiomys From Central America, by Robert L. Packard