Four New Pocket Gophers of the Genus Cratogeomys from Jalisco, MexicoRussell, Robert J.
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Four New Pocket Gophers of the Genus Cratogeomys from Jalisco, Mexico
Russell, Robert J.
Mammals -- Mexico -- Jalisco; Pocket gophers
_Comparisons._--From topotypes of _C. z. zinseri_ from Lagos,
Jalisco, _C. z. zodius_ differs in: Body smaller (see
measurements); tail shorter, hind foot smaller; upper parts
dull brownish instead of reddish-brown, underparts paler,
hairs of feet whitish instead of brownish; skull smaller,
especially in females, narrower; dorsal profile of skull
concave or flat (females) rather than convex; zygomatic
breadth less; rostrum narrower and shallower; nasals actually
shorter, but relatively longer in relation to length of
skull; width across mastoid processes of squamosal shorter;
maxillary teeth smaller.
_Measurements._--The type and an adult male (his measurements
in parentheses) yield measurements as follows: Total length,
318 (324); length of tail, 95 (89); length of hind foot, 41
(41); occipitonasal length of skull, 60.5 (59.1); basilar
length, 52.4 (51.8); zygomatic breadth, 40.6 (39.0);
interorbital breadth, 8.3 (8.8); greatest height of cranium,
as explained above, 22.6 (22.4); least depth of rostrum, 11.2
(10.4); breadth of rostrum, 13.3 (13.9); length of nasals,
21.7 (21.2); width across mastoid processes of squamosal,
37.1 (36.8); height of occiput, 17.7 (17.9); length of
maxillary tooth-row, 13.0 (13.3). A nearly adult female
measured: Total length, 292; length of tail, 81; length of
hind foot, 39; occipitonasal length of skull, 53.3; basilar
length, 46.5; zygomatic breadth, 34.1; interorbital breadth,
7.8; greatest height of cranium, 21.0; least depth of
rostrum, 9.8; length of nasals, 18.0; width across mastoid
processes of squamosal, 32.2; depth of occiput, 15.9; length
of maxillary tooth-row, 12.1.
_Remarks._--This newly described subspecies is the smallest
of known races of _C. zinseri_, and it is seemingly more
closely related to _C. z. zinseri_ than to the subspecies
newly named below from the north end of Lago Sayula. The
skulls of females are especially small and delicate in
structure; the males are larger with more massive skulls.
_C. z. zodius_ is known to occur in the foot hills north of
the Cerro Viejo, the mountain from which _C. g. atratus_ was
described above.
_Specimens examined._--Seven, 13 mi. S and 15 mi. W
Guadalajara.
=Cratogeomys zinseri morulus= new subspecies
_Type._--Male, adult, skull and skin, No. 36679 Mus. Nat.
Hist., Univ. Kansas; from N end Lago Sayula, 4400 ft., 9 mi.
N and 2 mi. E Atoyac, Jalisco, Mexico; obtained on March 23,
1950, by J. R. Alcorn, original No. 10889.
_Range._--Known only from the type locality in central
Jalisco.
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