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)
_M. a. nigricans_ is characteristically an early flier. Along the Río
Piaxtla, 1 mi. SE Camino Reál, where bats probably found daytime
retreats in the rocky walls of the steep-sided valley of the river,
individuals first appeared early in the evening when the sun was still
on the western horizon, but were gone before other species of bats were
seen. A female from 32 mi. SSE Culiacán, taken on June 18, 1954,
contained one embryo that was 18 mm. in crown-rump length. Each of the
color phases of the species, reddish (8) and black (11), are represented
among our specimens. We follow Goodwin (1960) in the use of the specific
name _ater_ for this bat.
_=Dasypus novemcinctus mexicanus=_ Peters.--Two armadillos (85402-03)
from the valley of the Río del Fuerte, 3 mi. NE San Miguel, 300 ft., are
the first of the species to be reported from northern Sinaloa. They
extend the known range northwestward in the state approximately 285
miles from Escuinapa (Russell, 1953:25) and signal the possible
occurrence of _D. n. mexicanus_ in southern Sonora. Sign of the
armadillo was abundant at the place where our two specimens were
collected. Because it was felt that the species possibly had been
introduced along the Río del Fuerte, a number of local residents were
questioned on the point, but all insisted that armadillos were native to
the area.
External measurements of 85402 (female) and 85403 (male) are,
respectively, as follows: total length, 725, 748; length of tail,
351, 357; length of hind foot, 87, 89; length of ear from notch,
39, 39.
_=Sylvilagus audubonii goldmani=_ (Nelson).--This cottontail has been
reported from Sinaloa only from Bacubirito, Culiacán (type locality),
and Sinaloa (Nelson, 1909:226). Additional records are: 12 mi. N
Culiacán (67561-62); 6 mi. N El Dorado (75263); 6 mi. N, 1½ mi. E El
Dorado (75264-66); 7 mi. NE El Fuerte (81076-77); and 1 mi. S Pericos
(61292-93). Specimens from the vicinity of El Dorado extend the known
range some 30 miles southward from the type locality. A female from 1
mi. S Pericos that was taken on June 13, 1954, carried three embryos
that measured 29 mm. in crown-rump length.
_=Sciurus truei=_ Nelson.--Three specimens (61300-02) of this species
collected by A. A. Alcorn on June 19, 1954, 32 mi. SSE Culiacán extend
the known range approximately 210 miles south-southeast from Guirocoba,
Sonora (Burt, 1938:38), and provide the first record from Sinaloa. Two
of the specimens are females and each was pregnant, one with two embryos
and the other with three.
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