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
_Platygeomys gymnurus imparilis_, Goldman, Jour. Mamm., 20:89,
February 14, 1939, type from Pátzcuaro, 7,000 ft., Michoacán.
_Platygeomys tylorhinus_ Merriam, N. Amer. Fauna, 8:167, pl.
13, fig. 1, January 31, 1895.
_Range._--Pátzcuaro and Tacámbaro, as now known.
_Specimens examined_, 14: nos. 100153-100166, distributed by
localities as follows: 2 mi. W Pátzcuaro, 7,700 ft., 2; 3 mi. S
Pátzcuaro, 7,800 ft., 1; 4 mi. S Pátzcuaro, 7,800 ft., 1; 5 mi. S.
Pátzcuaro, 7,800 ft., 6; 9 mi. SE Pátzcuaro, 8,000 ft., 1; 1-3/4 mi. S
Tacámbaro, 5,700 ft., 1; 1-1/2 mi. S Tacámbaro, 5,700 ft., 2.
_Remarks._--Burrows were common in cultivated fields and along the
roads and trails on the southern and southeastern side of Lake
Pátzcuaro. In the vicinity of Tacámbaro we noted burrows only in the
area between one and a half and two miles south of town where two
specimens were taken. As mentioned in the immediately preceding
account, the small _Thomomys umbrinus pullus_ and the large
_Cratogeomys_ were found in the same area. The color of our specimens
varies from Cinnamon-Brown through Prouts Brown and in some specimens
is Fuscous Black.
Hooper (1946:397) has shown that the genus _Platygeomys_ is not
generically distinct from the earlier named _Cratogeomys_. From
independent study of specimens not examined by Hooper we have
satisfied ourselves that he is correct in synonymizing _Platygeomys_
under _Cratogeomys_. Average and extreme weights of 4 of each sex from
2 to 5 miles south of Pátzcuaro are: [M], 683 (562-819); [F], 558
(438-707) grams.
=Cratogeomys angustirostris= (Merriam)
Plains Pocket Gopher; Spanish, Tuza Llanera; Tarascan,
Cúmu (Cŏmŏ)
_Platygeomys tylorhinus angustirostris_ Merriam, Proc. Biol.
Soc. Washington, 16:81, May 29, 1903, type from Patambán,
10,000 ft., Michoacán.
_Platygeomys angustirostris_, Goldman, Jour. Mamm., 20:90,
February 14, 1939.
_Range._--Known only from the type locality.
=Cratogeomys varius= (Goldman)
Plains Pocket Gopher; Spanish, Tuza Llanera; Tarascan,
Cúmu (Cŏmŏ)
_Platygeomys varius_ Goldman, Jour. Mamm., 20:90, February 14,
1939, type from Uruapan, about 6,000 ft., Michoacán.
_Range._--Known only from the type locality.
_Remarks._--Specimens from localities intermediate between Uruapan,
the type locality of _C. varius_, and the known localities of
occurence of _Cratogeomys gynmurus imparilis_ are much needed to
ascertain if _C. varius_ is specifically different from _C. g.
imparilis_, or merely subspecifically different.
=Zygogeomys trichopus tarascensis= Goldman
Michoacán Pocket Gopher; Spanish, Tuza de Michoacán; Tarascan,
Cúmu (Cŏmŏ)
_Zygogeomys trichopus tarascensis_ Goldman, Proc. Biol. Soc.
Washington, 51:211, December 23, 1938, type from six miles
southeast of Pátzcuaro, 8,000 ft., Michoacán.
_Zygogeomys trichopus_ Merriam, N. Amer. Fauna, 8:196,
January 31, 1895.
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