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)
_Notiosorex crawfordi_ (Coues).--A non-pregnant female (75184) was
obtained on November 29, 1957, at El Fuerte by W. L. Cutter. Comparison
of this specimen with topotypes of _N. evotis_ (see below) and with
undoubted examples of _N. crawfordi_ proves our specimen to be referable
to the latter. We presume that the shrew reported as _evotis_ on
geographic grounds from El Carrizo by Hooper (1961:120) also is
referable to _crawfordi_. External measurements of our female are: total
length, 77; length of tail, 20 (tip missing); length of hind foot, 11;
length of ear from notch, 8; weight in grams, 4. Cranial measurements of
this individual are given in Table 1.
[Illustration: FIG. 1. Map of Sinaloa on which are plotted symbols
representing placenames mentioned in text. From north to south, these
are: El Fuerte; San Miguel; Los Mochis; Guamúchil; Terrero; Pericos;
Culiacán; El Dorado; Piaxtla and Camino Reál (one symbol); Pánuco;
Mazatlán; Matatán; Rosario; Escuinapa; Concepción.]
_Notiosorex evotis_ (Coues).--Four topotypes (85533-36), all males, were
collected by Lee at Mazatlán. One was caught on December 17, 1960, in a
museum special trap set "in low weeds near thorn bush" in a sandy field
at the north edge of Mazatlán, less than a mile from the ocean. A few
trees and some grasses grew in this area; _Mus musculus_ and
_Perognathus pernix_ were taken in the same line of traps. Additional
trapping at this locality failed to produce more shrews. The other
three specimens were captured alive on February 1 (one) and February 2
(two), 1961, in the wake of a bulldozer that was clearing land adjacent
to the place where the first specimen was trapped. The ground cover
being cleared away consisted mostly of dry, dense weeds and short,
thorny scrub; the latter was sparse in some places and formed dense
thickets in others. One individual that was kept alive for a short time
in a can ate crickets and roaches readily and ate one spider, but
refused isopods. On one occasion it ate six crickets in about three
hours. Wet oatmeal and oatmeal mixed with peanut butter both were
refused.
TABLE 1. CRANIAL MEASUREMENTS OF TWO SPECIES OF NOTIOSOREX.
Table Legend for the table headers:
Column CA: Catalogue number, or number of specimens averaged, and sex
Column CO: Condylobasal length
Column IN: Interorbital constriction
Column MA: Maxillary breadth
Column CR: Cranial breadth
Column PA: Palatal length
Column LE: Length of maxillary tooth-row
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CA | CO | IN | MA | CR | PA | LE
--------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------
_Notiosorex crawfordi_, Huachuca Mts., Arizona[A]
| | | | | |
Average 6 (2♂, 4♀) | 16.01 | 3.72 | 5.08 | 8.32 | 6.59 | 5.93
Minimum | 15.7 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 7.8 | 6.3 | 5.8
Maximum | 16.5 | 3.85 | 5.2 | 8.8 | 7.15 | 6.2
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