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
Florida Cottontail; Spanish, Conejo de Florida
_Lepus floridanus subcinctus_ Miller, Proc. Acad, Nat. Sci.
Philadelphia, p. 386, October 5, 1899, type from Hacienda El
Molino, Negrete, Michoacán.
_Sylvilagus floridanus subcinctus_, Lyon, Smiths. Misc. Coll.,
45:336, June 15, 1904; Nelson, N. Amer. Fauna, 29:180, August
31, 1909.
_Range._--Northeastern part of state.
_Remarks._--Nelson (1909:181) records specimens from Acámbaro,
Queréndaro and the type locality.
=Sylvilagus floridanus restrictus= Nelson
Florida Cottontail; Spanish, Conejo de Florida
_Sylvilagus floridanus restrictus_ Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc.
Washington, 20:82, July 22,1907, type from Zapotlán, Jalisco;
Nelson, N. Amer. Fauna, 29:181, August 31, 1909.
_Range._--Forested areas of non-tropical part of state except
northeastern part.
_Remarks._--Nelson (1909:183) records specimens from Los Reyes,
Pátzcuaro and Mount Tancítaro. This species and the Mexican cottontail
are favorite small game for the rural peoples.
=Sylvilagus cunicularis cunicularis= (Waterhouse)
Mexican Cottontail; Spanish, Conejo Méxicano
_Lepus cunicularis_ Waterhouse, Nat. Hist. Mammalia, 2:132,
1848, type from Zacualpan (probably in state of México).
_Sylvilagus cunicularis_, Nelson, N. Amer. Fauna, 29:239,
August 31, 1909.
_Range._--Probably all of state except tropical coastal areas where
another subspecies of the same species probably will be found to occur.
_Specimens examined_, 2: nos. 51965, 51966, from Tancítaro, one specimen
labeled as taken at 6,000 feet altitude.
_Remarks._--Nelson (1909:241) has recorded this rabbit also from
Pátzcuaro.
=Lepus callotis= Wagler
White-sided Jack Rabbit; Spanish, Liebre
_Lepus callotis_ Wagler, Naturliches System der Amphibien, p.
23, 1830, type from southern end of Mexican Tableland; Nelson,
N. Amer. Fauna, 29:122, August 31, 1909.
_Range._--Approximately northeastern half of state.
_Remarks._--Nelson (1909:124) records specimens from Los Reyes and
Queréndaro; we did not see any animals of this species in our own
field work.
=Tayassu angulatus humeralis= Merriam
Collared Peccary; Spanish, Jabalí del Collar; Tarascan, cúchjerámba
(cucheramba) or Juáteanapu (whatalanapu)
_Tayassu angulatus humeralis_ Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc.
Washington, 14:122, July 19, 1901, type from Armería, Colima.
_Range._--Approximately southwestern half of state.
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