Records of Harvest Mice, Reithrodontomys, from Central America, with Description of a New Subspecies from Nicaragua — John Shaqi
Records of Harvest Mice, Reithrodontomys, from Central America, with Description of a New Subspecies from NicaraguaJones, J. Knox
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Records of Harvest Mice, Reithrodontomys, from Central America, with Description of a New Subspecies from Nicaragua
Jones, J. Knox
Mice
~_Reithrodontomys sumichrasti australis_~ J. A. Allen.--Seven specimens
from the vicinity of Volcan Irazú, Cartago, Costa Rica, are from within
the geographic and altitudinal range recorded for the subspecies by
Hooper (1952:82).
One female, KU 26967, trapped on March 2, 1947, on the SW slope of
Volcan Irazú, 8500 ft., contained five embryos that were 17 mm. in
crown-rump length.
~_Reithrodontomys sumichrasti dorsalis_~ Merriam.--A total of 93
females are among 195 specimens from 24 localities in Guatemala that
lie within the geographic and altitudinal range recorded by Hooper
(1952:78) for _dorsalis_.
Two females were pregnant; KU 71363, taken on January 28, 1956, 7 mi.
E, 2 mi. S La Unión, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, contained three embryos
that were 7 mm. in crown-rump length, and KU 65245, taken on December
15, 1954, 1 mi. NE Nebaj, 6000 ft., El Quiche, Guatemala, contained
four embryos that were 15 mm. in crown-rump length. These two females
were the only pregnant ones among 36 taken in December, 23 in January,
1 in February, 19 in March, 5 in April, and 9 in August.
~_Reithrodontomys fulvescens chiapensis_~ Howell.--GUATEMALA.--Baja
Verapaz: 1/2 mi. N, 1 mi. E Salamá, 3200 ft., 1 (KU 65378--January 28,
1955); 1 mi. S Rabinal, 3450 ft., 4 (KU 65379-82--January 29, 1955); 5
mi. N, 1 mi. W [Santa Cruz] El Chol, 6000 ft., 1 (KU 65375--January 30,
1955). Guatemala: 5 mi. S Guatemala City, 4950 ft., 2 (KU
65371-72--March 13, 1955); 7 mi. S, 6 mi. E Guatemala City, 5800 ft., 1
(KU 65370--March 14, 1955). Santa Rosa: 2 mi. N, 2 mi. W Cuilapa [=
Cuajiniquilapa], 2980 ft, 2 (KU 65376-77--March 5, 1955).
The specimens from the departments of Guatemala and Santa Rosa are from
localities that lie on the Pacific slope and are southwest of the
previously known range of the species (see Hooper, 1952:93). The
specimens from 1/2 mi. N and 1 mi. E Salamá and from 1 mi. S Rabinal
are paler dorsally than other Guatemalan specimens available to us,
including the specimen from the nearby locality, 5 mi. N and 1 mi. W El
Chol.
Specimens from Nicaragua that are recognizable by the E-shaped pattern
of the worn occlusal surface of the third upper molars and by the
S-shaped occlusal pattern of the third lower molars as of the species
_Reithrodontomys fulvescens_, extend the known range of the species
approximately 200 kilometers southeast from the vicinity of
Tegucigalpa, Honduras (Hooper, 1952:93). The Nicaraguan specimens are
described below as a new subspecies.
~Reithrodontomys fulvescens meridionalis~, new subspecies
_Type specimen._--Skin and skull of adult male, no. 71388
Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, from 9 mi.
NNW Estelí, Estelí, Nicaragua; obtained by J. R. Alcorn on
July 15, 1956; original number 21,464.
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