An Annotated Check List of the Mammals of Michoacán, México — John Shaqi
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._--When the present account first was prepared our specimen
from six and a half miles west of Zamora was tentatively referred to
_S. h. mascotensis_. Subsequently a second specimen, from Zamora, was
found. It agreed with the specimen from six and a half miles west of
Zamora. Inasmuch as the second specimen agrees with the first and
since each of the two differs from any previously described kind, a
name and description were published in time to be inserted in the
present account. From _S. h. mascotensis_, _S. h. atratus_ differs in
shorter hind foot, darker upper parts, more densely haired tail,
shorter skull, more convex dorsal longitudinal outline of skull,
posteriorly constricted anterior palatine foramina instead of
parallel-sided foramina, and shorter and less decurved anterior
process of maxillary arm of zygoma.
=Neotomodon alstoni alstoni= Merriam
Volcano Mouse; Spanish, Ratón de Los Volcanes
_Neotomodon alstoni_ Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington,
12:128, April 30, 1898, type from Nahuatzin, 8,500 ft.,
Michoacán.
_Range._--Higher mountains of state.
_Specimens examined_, 22: nos. 52179-52184, 52186, 52193-52196, 52199,
52200, 52204-52212, all from Mount Tancítaro, distributed by
localities as follows: 7,800 ft., 5; 7,850 ft., 3; 10,000 ft., 4;
10,200 ft., 5; 10,500 ft., 1; 10,800 ft., 1; 11,000 ft., 2; 11,400
ft., 1.
_Remarks._--The taking of specimens on Mount Tancítaro extends the
known geographic range of _Neotomodon_ approximately 75 kilometers to
the southwestward; the westernmost locality previously known was
Nahuatzin, the type locality.
=Nelsonia goldmani= Merriam
Dwarf Wood Rat; Spanish, Rata Montera Minúscula
_Nelsonia goldmani_ Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington,
16:80, May 29, 1903, type from Mount Tancítaro, Michoacán.
_Range._--Known only from the type locality.
_Remarks._--In the original description three specimens are recorded
from the type locality.
=Neotoma latifrons= Merriam
White-throated Wood Rat; Spanish, Rata Montera Frentuda
_Neotoma latifrons_ Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington,
9:121, July 2, 1894, type from Queréndaro, Michoacán.
_Range._--Known only from the type locality.
=Neotoma ferruginea tenuicauda= Merriam
Ferruginous Wood Rat; Spanish, Rata Ferruginosa
_Neotoma tenuicauda_ Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington,
7:169, September 29, 1892, type from north slope of Sierra
Nevada de Colima, 12,000 ft., Colima.
_Neotoma ferruginea tenuicauda_, Howell, N. Amer. Fauna,
31:73, October 19, 1910.
_Range._--Probably all but southern tropical part of state.
_Specimens examined_, 4: nos. 100633 from 9 mi. SE Pátzcuaro,
8,000 ft., and 52177, 51390, 51391, from Tancítaro, the
elevation being given as 7,850 ft. on no. 52177.
_Remarks._--Our one specimen from 9 miles southeast of Pátzcuaro was
caught in a small steel trap set at a meat bait.
=Microtus mexicanus salvus= Hall
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