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f cranium, as explained above, 22.6 (22.4); least depth of rostrum, 11.2 (10.4); breadth of rostrum, 13.3 (13.9); length of nasals, 21.7 (21.2); width across mastoid processes of squamosal, 37.1 (36.8); height of occiput, 17.7 (17.9); length of maxillary tooth-row, 13.0 (13.3). A nearly adult female measured: Total length, 292; length of tail, 81; length of hind foot, 39; occipitonasal length of skull, 53.3; basilar length, 46.5; zygomatic breadth, 34.1; interorbital breadth, 7.8; greatest height of cranium, 21.0; least depth of rostrum, 9.8; length of nasals, 18.0; width across mastoid processes of squamosal, 32.2; depth of occiput, 15.9; length of maxillary tooth-row, 12.1. _Remarks._--This newly described subspecies is the smallest of known races of _C. zinseri_, and it is seemingly more closely related to _C. z. zinseri_ than to the subspecies newly named below from the north end of Lago Sayula. The skulls of females are especially small and delicate in structure; the males are larger with more massive skulls. _C. z. zodius_ is known to occur in the foot hills north of the Cerro Viejo, the mountain from which _C. g. atratus_ was described above. _Specimens examined._--Seven, 13 mi. S and 15 mi. W Guadalajara. =Cratogeomys zinseri morulus= new subspecies _Type._--Male, adult, skull and skin, No. 36679 Mus. Nat. Hist., Univ. Kansas; from N end Lago Sayula, 4400 ft., 9 mi. N and 2 mi. E Atoyac, Jalisco, Mexico; obtained on March 23, 1950, by J. R. Alcorn, original No. 10889. _Range._--Known only from the type locality in central Jalisco. _Diagnosis._--Size large (see measurements); tail short; hind foot large; upper parts Fuscous-Black, strongly mixed with Walnut Brown, underparts Cinnamon-Buff, bases of all hairs Plumbeous; skull large, broad, rugose; outline of dorsal profile slightly concave, almost flat; zygomata strongly constructed, maxillary arm almost touching squamosal arm over jugal; wide across zygomata; nasals actually and relatively long; rostrum relatively narrow; auditory bullae inflated, relatively large; maxillary teeth relatively large. _Comparisons._--From topotypes of _C. z. zinseri_ from Lagos, Jalisco, _C. z. morulus_ differs in: Tail shorter (averaging 96 in females co
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