[_Hesperomys_] _toltecus_ Saussure, Revue et magasin de
zoologie, _ser._ 2, 12:98, 1860. (Type from mountains of
Veracruz, Mexico.)
_Sigmodon hispidus toltecus_ Bailey, Proc. Biol. Soc.
Washington, 15:110, June 2, 1902.
_Specimens examined_, 23 as follows: 36 km. N and 10 km. W
Ciudad Victoria, 1 km. E El Barretal, on Rio Purificacion,
1; 70 km. [by highway] S Ciudad Victoria and 2 km. W El
Carrizo, 22.
_Remarks._--Among named kinds of _Sigmodon_ this series most closely
approaches _S. h. toltecus_ to the southward. The specimens are
slightly lighter in color of the upper parts than are examples of this
same subspecies from 8 km. NW of Potrero, Veracruz, but in other ways
are similar. The single specimen from 36 km. N and 10 km. W Ciudad
Victoria is a skull only, but seems closest to _S. h. toltecus_. As is
often the case with collections of _Sigmodon_, this series contains
mostly immatures.
Cotton rats were found abundantly in cultivated areas. Local farmers
stated that these rats were destructive to sugar cane by girdling the
stems one and one-half inches above the ground.
~Neotoma micropus micropus~ Baird