Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and Its Tributaries Explored in 1869, 1870, 1871, and 1872, Under the Direction of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.

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EXPLORATION OF THE CANONS OF THE COLORADO. of the word " salamander7' is not so obvious. The German equivalent of tl pouched rat" is Taschenmaus. Measurements. ^ i &• From tip of nose to - > Length of - c8 •g f o H 53 fl -»J cj Locality. Sex. •+3 53 ' o -S "o ID £ £ -u cc Nature of specimen. s H , ft -M "^ 'd 0) bO ** 0? p^ O P_I 53 a 53 t*s c8 O ctf 03 o o O w W 0 H H m ^ Niobrara River ......... 0.85 1.40 1.90 6.75 2.50 1.50 1.25 0.70 A 1 r> oil r»l i f> 7327 Kansas ................. * 0.95 1.65 2.00 6.50 3.00 1.50 1.35 0.70 Alcoholic. 1384 Iowa ................... A 1.12 1.70 2.15 1.55 1.30 0.68 Alcoholic. 357 Saint Louis, Mo ......... o 8.00 3.00 1.60 1. 35 0.55 Fresh. 2635 Saint Louis, Mo ......... 1.05 1.75 2.20 7.00 2. 75 1.50 1.35 0.65 Alcoholic. 2636 Saint Louis, Mo ......... 1.20 1.85 2. 60 7.50 3.35 1.55 1.35 0.70 Alcoholic. 2633 Illinois ................. 1.00 1.45 1.90 5.75 2.' 65 1.50 1.15 0.65 Alcoholic. 2539 Iowa ....... ...... ...... 1.25 2.10 2.33 8.90 3.30 1.45 0.80 Fresh. 1775 Vermilion River ........ 0.75 1. 75 2.25 8.00 1.75 1.25 0.75 Fresh. 2630* Louisiana ...... .... .... 0.90 1.45 1.75 1.20 1.05 0.55 Alcoholic. *A type of 'bremceps. GEOMYS TUZA, (Ord.) Coues. Hamster of Georgia, MITCHILL, N. Y. Med. Repos. v, 1802, 89; Bewick's Quad. 1st Am. ed. 1804, 525 (mentioned also by Anderson, Meare, Say, Barton, &c.) Mm tuza, ORD, Guthrie?s Geog. 2d Am. ed. ii, 1815, 292. (Based on MitchilFs animal.) Geomyspinetis, RAF., Am. Month. Mag. ii, 1817, 45 (Georgia).-BRANTS, Muizen, 1827,173.-DKSM., Mamm. ii, 1822, 314 (note).-LESS., Man. 1827, 260.-BAIRD, M. N. A. 1857, 380, pi. 22, fig. 3 a-e.~ GESNER, Ann. Rep. Smiths. Inst. for 1860, 1861, 431 (habits). Saccophorml pineti, FISCHER, Syn. 1829, 305. Geomys pineti, LEC., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. vi, 1852, 159.-ALLEN, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. ii, 1871,178. Pseudostoma floridana, AUD. & BACH., Q. N. A. Hi, 1853, 242, pi. 150, f. 1. Southern Pouched Rat, AUD. & BACH. Geomys despins, DESM., LESS., II. cc. Gopher; Salamander, VULG. DIAGNOSIS.-Superior incisors with a main groove dividing the tooth into two unequal portions; the outer obviously the smaller; the inner, larger moiety marked by an extremely fine marginal groove, faint, obscure, or perhaps sometimes obsolete. Tail and hind feet in adult life naked, or nearly so. Otherwise like G. bursarius. HABITAT.-Georgia, Florida, and Alabama. Description (numerous specimens from the above localities, including some mentioned by Audubon, those described by Baird, and various others,