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_.--Howell (1914:51) made _R. inexspectatus_ Elliot a synonym
of _R. f. toltecus_ and perhaps we should follow him in this. The
facts are that in our large series from the vicinity of Pátzcuaro, the
upper parts are more reddish than in _R. f. toltecus_ from the valley
of México, and more reddish than in _R. f. tenuis_ if we correctly
interpret Howell's (_op. cit._,:45) description of _R. f. tenuis_. In
the color of the underparts the series is, to us, indistinguishable
from topotypical _toltecus_ and therefore has more reddish underparts
than _R. f. tenuis_, as we know _R. f. tenuis_, from Howell's (_loc.
cit._) description. In size, the series from Pátzcuaro is intermediate
between _R. f. tenuis_ and _R. f. toltecus_ but nearer the latter.
=Reithrodontomys chrysopsis chrysopsis= Merriam
Volcano Harvest Mouse; Spanish, Ratón Dorado
_Reithrodontomys chrysopsis_ Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc.
Washington, 13:152, June 13, 1900, type from Mount
Popocatepetl, México.
_Reithrodontomys chrysopsis chrysopsis_, Howell, N. Amer.
Fauna, 36:66, June 5, 1914.
_Range._--Patambán, 1,200 feet elevation as now known.
_Remarks._--Howell (1914:68) lists nine specimens from Patambán. We
have not examined these specimens. He listed at the same time seven of
the specimens from Tancítaro, but we have found specimens from
Tancítaro to be of another subspecies, _R. c. seclusus_. Accordingly,
we are in doubt as to whether the mice from Patambán are subspecies
_chrysopsis_, _seclusus_, or an unnamed subspecies and our use here of
the name _Reithrodontomys chrysopsis chrysopsis_ for them is, of
course, provisional.
=Reithrodontomys chrysopsis seclusus= Hall and Villa
Volcano Harvest Mouse; Spanish, Ratón Dorado
_Reithrodontomys chrysopsis seclusus_ Hall and Villa, Proc.
Biol. Soc. Washington, 62: 163, August 23, 1949, type from
Mount Tancítaro, 7,800 ft., Michoacán.
_Reithrodontomys chrysopsis chrysopsis_, Howell, N. Amer.
Fauna, 36:66, June 5, 1914, part.
_Range._--Known only from Mount Tancítaro, from 6,000 feet elevation
up to at least 11,000 feet.
_Specimens examined_, 22: nos. 51407-51411, 52110-52126, all from
Mount Tancítaro, distributed by altitude as follows: 6,000 ft., 5;
7,800 ft., 10; 10,500 ft., 1; 11,000 ft., 1; no altitude recorded, 5.
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