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 22 specimens in the Chicago Natural History Museum are
remarkably uniform in color in spite of differences in age; 17 are so
young as to have the first upper molar only slightly worn and 5 are
adults. In preparing the original description of _R. c. seclusus_,
known only from specimens in the summer pelage, comparison of color
was made with only the winter pelage of _R. c. chrysopsis_ and it was
pointed out that the differences noted in color between the two
subspecies might be seasonal rather than subspecific. A summer
specimen of _R. c. chrysopsis_ (K. U. 17980, taken on June 15, 12 km.
ESE Amecameca, 11,500 ft.), is available as the present account is
being written. In direct comparison with the original material of _R.
c. seclusus_, all in summer pelage, and in comparison with a specimen
of _R. c. chrysopsis_ in winter pelage (January 18), from 30 km. E
Amecameca, the summer pelage of no. 17980 is more blackish than the
winter pelage and therein more closely resembles that of _R. c.
seclusus_. The same is true of the more sparsely haired tail. The
ears, however, are blackish as in winter-taken _R. c. chrysopsis_.
This feature and also the large size and different cranial proportions
of specimen no. 17980 are in accordance with the differences between
_R. c. chrysopsis_ and _R. c. seclusus_ as recorded in the original
description of the latter.
=Baiomys taylori analogus= (Osgood)
Northern Pygmy Mouse; Spanish, Ratón Pigmeo Norteño
_Peromyscus taylori analogus_ Osgood, N. Amer. Fauna, 28:256,
April 17, 1909, type from Zamora, Michoacán.
_Baiomys taylori analogus_, Miller, N. Amer. Land. Mamm.,
1911, p. 137, December 31, 1912.
_Range._--Northwestern part of state.
_Specimens examined_, 35: nos. 100331-100365, distributed by
localities as follows: 8 mi. N Zamora, 5,500 ft., 2; 11 mi. W Zamora,
5,750 ft., 1; 6-1/2 mi. W Zamora, 5,950 ft., 2; 4 mi. W Zamora, 5,450
ft., 1; 3 mi. NW Pátzcuaro, 6,700 ft., 21; 3 mi. N Pátzcuaro, 6,800
ft., 5; 2 mi. W Pátzcuaro, 6,700 ft., 3.
_Remarks._--Osgood (1909:257) has recorded this subspecies also from
Acámbaro and Los Reyes. We found that these animals got caught in our
traps almost as often in the daytime as at night and concluded that
they were less nocturnal, or at any rate more diurnal, than any of the
other cricetine mice at the places in Michoacán where we trapped.
=Baiomys musculus musculus= (Merriam)
Tropical Pygmy Mouse; Spanish, Ratón Pigmeo Tropical
_Sitomys musculus_ Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington,
7:170, September 29, 1892, type from Colima, Colima.
_Peromyscus musculus_, Allen and Chapman, Bull. Amer. Mus.
Nat. Hist., 9:203, June 16, 1897.
_Baiomys musculus_, Mearns, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull., 56:381,
April 13, 1907.
_Range._--Dry, tropical, southwestern parts of state.
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