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
_Reithrodontomys saturatus_ Allen and Chapman, Bull. Amer.
Mus. Nat. Hist., 9:201, June 16, 1897, type from Las Vigas,
Veracruz.
_Reithrodontomys megalotis saturatus_, Howell, N. Amer. Fauna,
36:36, June 5, 1914.
_Range._--Northeastern part of state.
_Specimens examined_, 12: nos. 100202-100212, 100273, from 1 mi. N
Zamora, 5,450 ft.
_Remarks._--Howell (1914:37) referred nine specimens from Nahuatzin to
this race and two from the same place to the subspecies _R. m.
zacatecae_. Our specimens from Zamora agree with topotypes of _R. m.
saturatus_ and with specimens of that subspecies from the Valley of
México in dark color and large size.
If our specimens of _Reithrodontomys megalotis_ are correctly
identified, subspecifically, _R. m. zacatecae_ ranges southward around
the western end of the geographic range of _R. m. saturatus_.
Where _R. megalotis_ and _R. fulvescens_ occur together, we find the
skull of the latter to be distinguishable by: a median spine on the
posterior border of the hard palate (truncate in _R. megalotis_); an
S-shaped instead of a C-shaped pattern on the worn occlusal face of
the last lower molar; and two re-entrant angles, on the lateral side
on the worn occlusal surface of the third upper molar, reaching
halfway across the tooth whereas in _R. megalotis_ the anterior
re-entrant angle is wanting or extends less than a third of the way
across the crown surface of the tooth.
=Reithrodontomys megalotis zacatecae= Merriam
Western Harvest Mouse; Spanish, Ratón Orejudo
_Reithrodontomys megalotis zacatecae_ Merriam, Proc.
Washington Acad. Sci., 3:557, November 29, 1901, type from
Valparaiso Mountains, Zacatecas.
_Range._--From northwestern part of state south through its central
part.
_Specimens examined_, 53: nos. 100217-100269; distributed by
localities, with reference to Pátzcuaro, as follows: 3 mi. N,
6,700 ft., 3; 3 mi. N, 6,800 ft., 1; 3-1/2 mi. S, 7,900 ft., 3; 4 mi.
S, 7,800 ft., 31; 5 mi. S, 7,800 ft., 9; 9 mi. SE, 8,000 ft., 6.
_Remarks._--Howell (1914:40) has referred four specimens from Patambán
to this subspecies, and our large series from the vicinity of
Pátzcuaro is also referred to _R. m. zacatecae_ because of small size
and reddish (less blackish) color. We lack typical specimens of _R. m.
zacatecae_ from the type locality for comparison and our knowledge of
_zacatecae_ is derived from Howell's (1914:39) description of it.
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