Noteworthy Mammals from Sinaloa, Mexico — John Shaqi
Noteworthy Mammals from Sinaloa, MexicoAlvarez, Ticul
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Noteworthy Mammals from Sinaloa, Mexico
Alvarez, Ticul
Mammals -- Mexico -- Sinaloa (State)
Our specimens generally agree in color with _S. truei_, but are larger
than typical individuals and in this respect approach _S. sinaloensis_
of southern Sinaloa. Probably _truei_ and _sinaloensis_ both are only
subspecies of the more southerly _S. colliaei_. The three nominal
species currently constitute the _S. colliaei_ group in which the
presence or absence of P3 seems to vary geographically. The tooth
frequently is absent in the northern _truei_ and usually present
(invariably in the specimens we have examined) in _colliaei_. Only one
of our Sinaloan specimens is accompanied by a skull; in it P3 is present
on the right side and absent on the left.
External measurements of the male and two females are,
respectively: total length, 512, 508, 504; length of tail, 263,
263, 252; length of hind foot, 64, 63, 64; length of ear from
notch, 28, 29, 28. Cranial measurements of 61300 (a female) are:
greatest length of skull, 56.2; zygomatic breadth, 32.6;
interorbital constriction, 17.9; postorbital constriction, 17.9;
length of nasals, 17.3; alveolar length of maxillary tooth-row (on
side lacking P3), 10.9.
_=Thomomys umbrinus atrovarius=_ J. A. Allen.--Two specimens (85104-05)
from the valley of the Río Piaxtla, 1 mi. SE Camino Reál, 400 ft.,
resemble the description of _atrovarius_ and agree in size, color and
most cranial details with a specimen (85744) from 5 mi. NW Mazatlán. The
first-mentioned specimens extend the known range of the subspecies some
50 miles northward from Mazatlán (Bailey, 1915:96), and indicate the
probable occurrence of the species at lower elevations in other parts of
central Sinaloa.
_=Peromyscus merriami goldmani=_ Osgood.--This subspecies has been
reported previously only from the type locality, Alamos, Sonora. Eight
specimens were collected in Sinaloa by W. L. Cutter in the autumn of
1957 as follows: 6 mi. N, 1½ mi. E El Dorado (75368-72); 2½ mi. N
El Fuerte (75365-66); El Fuerte (75367). The first-mentional locality is
approximately 200 miles south-south-east of the type locality. All
specimens collected by Cutter were taken in lowland areas, supporting
remarks by Commissaris (1960) concerning habitat preferences of _P.
merriami_ as compared with those of the closely related _P. eremicus_.
Two of three females from northeast of El Dorado were pregnant on
November 18 and 19; one carried four embryos (8 mm. in crown-rump
length) and the other three (11 mm.).
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