An Annotated Check List of the Mammals of Michoacán, MéxicoHall, E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond)
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An Annotated Check List of the Mammals of Michoacán, México
Hall, E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond)
Mammals -- Mexico -- Michoacán de Ocampo
_Remarks._--The female from southeast of Tacámbaro, caught on March
20, 1943, had two embryos, 28 mm. in length. This female was trapped
near a small stream. Goldman (1938:497) reported 7 specimens of _U. c.
colimensis_ from the following localities in the state: La Huacana, 1;
La Salada, 2; Los Reyes, 1; Mount Tancítaro, 1; Pátzcuaro, 2.
PLATE 4
[Illustration: FIG. 1. Panoramic view of Lake Pátzcuaro.]
[Illustration: FIG. 2. Stuffed skins, in dorsal view, of 6
males of _Mephitis macroura macroura_, all trapped within
a radius of 5 miles of Pátzcuaro, to show the amount of
individual variation in color-pattern. ×1/10. Photo by
W. C. Matthews.]
PLATE 5
[Illustration: FIG. 1. Ungrazed pasture with oaks on slope of
El Estribo, 7,700 feet elevation, two miles west of the town
of Pátzcuaro, Michoacán. Several species of rodents, _Liomys_,
_Sigmodon_, and _Peromyscus_ were taken abundantly in the
grass in the immediate foreground. Photo March 16, 1943, by
Mary F. Hall.]
[Illustration: FIG. 2. Xerophitic vegetation, eleven miles west
of Zamora, Michoacán. 5,750 feet elevation, where rodents
were trapped. Photo March 26, 1943, by Mary F. Hall.]
=Canis latrans cagottis= (Hamilton Smith)
Coyote; Spanish, Coyote; Tarascan, Jihuátz (Hewatz)
_Lyciscus cagottis_ Hamilton Smith, Jardine's Naturalist's
Library, Mamm., 9:164, 1839, type from Río Frío between
city of México and Puebla.
_Canis latrans cagottis_, Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington,
45:224, November 26, 1932.
_Range._--Probably most of state.
_Remarks._--On March 27 or 28, 1943, in Morelia, at a gasoline filling
station, one of us (Hall) saw a freshly killed coyote tied on the
bumper of the automobile of a Medical Doctor. In response to inquiry
about the animal the Doctor said that he killed it some 15 miles
northeast of town.
=Lynx rufus escuinapae= Allen
Bobcat; Spanish, Gato del Monte; Tarascan, Misícpápu (misicpapu)
_Lynx ruffus escuinapae_ Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist.,
19:614, November 14, 1903, type from Escuinapa, Sinaloa.
_Range._--Probably all of state above the Tropical Life-zone.
_Specimen examined_, 1: no. 47818 (U. S. Nat. Mus., Biol. Surv.
Coll.), Pátzcuaro.
_Remarks._--The skull of the male from Pátzcuaro agrees well with
those of topotypes of _L. r. escuinapae_ even to the elongate tympanic
bullae. Because of their elongation the bullae resemble, in some
degree, those of the ocelot. Natives told us that the gato del monte
was resident around Pátzcuaro. Four miles south of Pátzcuaro in a
cornfield at the edge of an area grown up to oak trees and brush,
tracks were seen that our Indian companion identified as those of the
gato del monte.
=Citellus variegatus variegatus= (Erxleben)
Rock Squirrel; Spanish, Ardilla de Pedregal; Tarascan, Kuaráki
(Kuaraki)
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