rufescent
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Similar to No. 372, but darker both above and below, dark markings everywhere heavier; flanks, legs and feet more rufescent.
From Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix by Frank M. Chapman
P. 2-4 cm. thin, exp. subdepr. glabrous, moist, white, edge incurved, thin; g. slightly decur. crowded, narrow, pale rusty; s. 2-3 cm. rufescent, thickened below; sp. subg.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
They resemble C. n. rufus in small size and cranial characters, but are more nearly C. n. gregoryi in the darker, less brightly rufescent color of the pelage.
From Comments on the Taxonomy and Geographic Distribution of Some North American Marsupials, Insectivores and Carnivores by E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond) Hall
In color, T. b. pascalis differs from T. b. perpes in being duller, less rufescent.
From Comments on the Taxonomy and Geographic Distribution of Some North American Rodents by E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond) Hall
P. campan.-exp. irreg. cracked, viscid, greyish brown then rufescent; g. adnate; s. solid, fibrous, ring narrow.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
