A New Species of Wood Rat (Neotoma) from Northeastern MexicoAlvarez, Ticul
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A New Species of Wood Rat (Neotoma) from Northeastern Mexico
Alvarez, Ticul
Wood rats
On geographic grounds, specimens not studied by me from Municipio de
Galeana, Nuevo León (Koestner, Great Basin Nat., 2:13, 1941), and those
from Jaumave, Tamaulipas (Goldman, N. Amer. Fauna, 31:37, October 19,
1910), probably are referable to _N. a. subsolana_.
The subspecific name _subsolana_ (Latin adjective for eastern) is
proposed for this woodrat because of its eastern geographic occurrence.
_Measurements._--Average and extreme measurements of nine topotypes
(6 males and 3 females) are as follows: total length, 338
(315-370); length of tail-vertebrae, 157 (130-182); length of hind
foot, 35 (33-37); length of ear from notch, 31 (29-34); basilar
length, 36.5 (34.7-39.2); zygomatic breadth, 23.9 (22.5-25.0);
interorbital constriction, 5.5 (5.7-6.2); length of nasals, 15.5
(15.2-16.5); length of incisive foramina, 9.4 (8.8-10.1); length of
palatal bridge, 7.7 (6.9-8.1); alveolar length of maxillary
tooth-row, 8.7 (8.3-8.9); length of auditory bulla, 7.6 (7.3-7.9);
mastoid breadth, 18.7 (17.9-20.2).
_Specimens examined._--A total of 124 (all from Mus. Nat. Hist.,
Univ. Kansas) from: COAHUILA: 6 mi. E Hermanas, 1; 9 mi. E
Hermanas, 1; Panuco, 3000 ft., 4; 1 mi. S, 4 mi. W Bella Unión,
7000 ft., 3; 3 mi. S, 3 mi. E Bella Unión, 6750 ft., 1; 6 mi. E, 4
mi. S Saltillo, 7500 ft., 5; 7 mi. S, 4 mi. E Bella Unión, 7200
ft., 3; 14 mi. W, 1 mi. N San Antonio de las Alazanas, 6500 ft., 2;
12 mi. S, 2 mi. E Arteaga, 7500 ft., 5; north slope Sierra
Guadalupe, 10 mi. S, 5 mi. W General Cepeda, 6500 ft., 26; 7 mi. S,
1 mi. E Gómez Farías, 6500 ft., 3; 8 mi. N La Ventura, 5500 ft., 1.
NUEVO LEON: Iturbide, Sierra Madre Oriental, 5000 ft., 10; Laguna,
1; 9 mi. S Aramberri, 3900 ft., 3; 1 mi. W Doctor Arroyo, 5800 ft.,
4. TAMAULIPAS: Miquihuana, 6400 ft., 22; Joya Verde, 35 km. SW Cd.
Victoria (on Jaumave Road), 3800 ft., 2; Nicolás, 56 km. NW Tula,
5500 ft., 10; Tajada, 23 mi. NW Tula, 5200 ft., 2; 9 mi. SW Tula,
3900 ft., 15.
_Comparative material._--_N. a. albigula_, 10 specimens (all KU)
from: ARIZONA: 4 mi. S, 5 mi. E Continental, 4; 7 mi. E Tucson,
2500 ft., 1; 30 mi. S Tucson, 1; 14 mi. S, 3 mi. E Continental, 1;
Sta. Catalina Mts., south slope Molino basin, 4200 ft., 2; Santa
Rita Mts., northwest slope, near Sta. Rita Range, 4300 ft., 1.
_N. a. leucodon_, 46 specimens (in Mus. Nat. Hist., Univ. Kansas,
unless otherwise noted) from: SAN LUIS POTOSI: 6 km. S Matehuala,
13 (LSU); 1 km. S Matehuala, 2 (LSU); 7 km. W Presa de Guadalupe, 5
(LSU); Presa de Guadalupe, 4 (LSU); 8 mi. SW Ramos, 6700 ft., 3; 10
mi. NE San Luis Potosí, 6000 ft., 2; San Luis Potosí, 9 (USNM);
Hda. La Parada, 8 (USNM).
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