Mammals Obtained by Dr. Curt von Wedel from the Barrier Beach of Tamaulipas, Mexico — John Shaqi
Mammals Obtained by Dr. Curt von Wedel from the Barrier Beach of Tamaulipas, MexicoHall, E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond)
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Mammals Obtained by Dr. Curt von Wedel from the Barrier Beach of Tamaulipas, Mexico
Hall, E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond)
Mammals -- Mexico -- Tamaulipas
_Type._--Female, adult, skull and skin, No. 27234, Mus. Nat. Hist.,
Univ. Kansas, from Mustang Island, 14 mi. SW Port Aransas, Aransas
County, Texas; obtained 30 June 1948 by W.K. Clark; original No. 543.
_Range._--Known from Mustang Island only.
_Diagnosis._--Size medium (see measurements). Color pale, and as
described for _D. o. parvabullatus_. Skull small; auditory bullae
(actually and relative to remainder of skull) smaller than in any other
known kind of _Dipodomys_, except _D. o. parvabullatus_ in which breadth
across bullae is approximately the same; notably narrow across maxillary
processes of zygomatic arches.
_Comparisons._--From _Dipodomys ordii sennetti_ (J.A. Allen) of the
mainland, _D. o. largus_ differs in: Color paler on pigmented areas;
white areas more extensive; skull averaging smaller except in basilar
length and length of nasals which are approximately the same as in _D.
o. sennetti_. From _Dipodomys ordii compactus_ True of Padre Island, _D.
o. largus_ differs in: Body longer; tail shorter; skull narrower across
tympanic bullae and across maxillary processes of zygomatic arches;
nasals shorter. From _Dipodomys ordii parvabullatus_ of the coastal
island south of Padre Island, along the gulf coast of Tamaulipas, _D. o.
largus_ differs in: Body and tail longer; basilar length of skull
averaging less; breadth across maxillary processes of zygomatic arches
greater; premaxillae not extending so far behind nasals.
_Remarks._--_D. o. largus_ resembles _D. o. compactus_ in external
proportions and _D. o. parvabullatus_ in cranial proportions. The degree
of difference between _D. o. compactus_ and _D. o. largus_ is less than
between _D. o. compactus_ and _D. o. parvabullatus_. To me, the three
subspecies mentioned in the preceding sentence are indistinguishable in
color.
Two of the eleven specimens of _D. o. largus_ are of the light color
phase (upper parts Cartridge Buff) whereas all but two of the eleven
specimens of _D. o. compactus_ are of the light color phase. Each of the
cheek-teeth of the upper jaw of _D. o. largus_ has a complete ring of
enamel around the dentine of the occlusal surface, as described by
Setzer (Univ. Kansas Publ., Mus. Nat. Hist., 1:517, December 27, 1949)
for _D. o. compactus_. The upper dentitions of ten specimens of _D. o.
compactus_ examined by me in this respect reveal a total of only five
teeth (in four individual animals) that have the enamel ring incomplete;
one premolar and three molars are incomplete on the lingual side and one
molar is incomplete on the labial side.
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