reddish color. One specimen, KU 71390, still has a
patch of gray juvenal pelage on the nape; the newer pelage elsewhere is
shorter and sparser than that of the other two specimens. In addition,
No. 71390, a female, contained no embryos, but has two pairs of mammae,
one pair pectoral and one inguinal, that are conspicuous on the dried
skin; perhaps this female was lactating when captured. The mammae of KU
71362, also a non-pregnant female, are inconspicuous on the dried skin.
The Nicaraguan specimens extend the known geographic range
approximately 270 kilometers northwestward from near Villa Quesada,
Alajuela, Costa Rica, and are the first records of the species from
Nicaragua.

LITERATURE CITED

ENGLERT, D. C.

1959. First records of two species of harvest mice in
Nicaragua. Southwestern Nat., 4:153, October 24.

FELTON, H.

1958. Nagetiere (Mammalia, Rodentia) aus El Salvador, Teil
2. Senckenbergiana Biologica, 39 (1/2):1-10, 1 fig.,
March 31.

HOOPER, E. T.

1952. A systematic review of the harvest mice (genus
_Reithrodontomys_) of Latin America. Miscl. Publ.
Mus. Zool., Univ. Michigan, 77:1-225, 9 pls., 24
figs., 12 maps, January 16.

_Transmitted October 1, 1959._

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