Neotoma lepida Thomas, 1893 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 12:235.

TYPE LOCALITY: USA, "Simpson's Route" between Camp Floyd (= Fairfield), Utah and Carson City, Nevada (as restricted by Goldman, 1932:61) .

DISTRIBUTION: SE Oregon and SW Idaho, south through Nevada and S California, USA, to S Baja California, Mexico.

SYNONYMS: abbreviata, arenacea, aridicola, bella, californica, desertorum, egresso, felipensis, gilva, grinnelli, insularis, intermedia, latirostra, marcosensis, marshalli, molagrandis, nevadensis, notia, nudicauda, perpallida, petricola, pretiosa, ravida, sola, vicina.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Neotoma . Aside from removal of N. devia, may still represent a composite of two species (see Mascarello, 1978).