Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus BaiomysPackard, Robert L. (Robert Lewis)
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Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys
Packard, Robert L. (Robert Lewis)
Mice
Capitalized color-terms refer to Ridgway (1912). Color terms without
initial letters capitalized do not refer to any one standard.
The names of the cusps and ridges of the teeth (see Figure 2) are those
suggested by Wood and Wilson (1936:389-390). Terminology of the enamel
grooves and folds is that of Hershkovitz (1944:17) and Hooper
(1952b:20-21).
Because secondary sexual variation was not significant (see page 597),
both males and females of like age and pelage were used in comparisons
of samples designed to reveal geographic variation.
The species are arranged from less to more progressive; the subspecies
are arranged alphabetically.
In the synonymy of each subspecies, the plan has been to cite: (1) the
name first proposed; (2) the first usage of the name combination
employed by me; (3) all other name combinations in chronological order
that have been applied to the subspecies concerned.
The localities of specimens examined are listed by country from north to
south. Within a country, the listing is by state, beginning with the
northwesternmost state and proceeding by tiers (west to east) to the
southeasternmost state. Within a state of the United States, the listing
is by counties in the same geographic order as described for states.
Within any county in the United States, within any state in Mexico, and
within any country in Central America, the listing of localities is from
north to south. When more than one locality is on the same line of
latitude, the westernmost locality is listed first. Marginal localities
for each subspecies are listed in a paragraph at the end of each
account. Each marginal locality is mapped by means of a circle. The
circles are listed in clockwise order, beginning with the northernmost.
When more than one of these localities lies on the same line of
latitude, the westernmost is cited first. Localities not represented on
the distribution maps, so as to avoid undue crowding of symbols, are
italicized in the lists of specimens examined.
[Illustration: FIG. 2. Occlusal views of molars. x 13.
A. _B. taylori analogous_, subadult, female, No. 28102 KU, 4 km.
ENE Tlalmanalco, 2290 meters, Estado de Mexico. Right, upper
molars.
B. _B. musculus musculus_, subadult, male, No. 45456 USNM, Colima,
Colima, Mexico. Left, upper molars.
A'. _B. taylori analogous_, subadult, female, No. 28102 KU 4 km.
ENE Tlalmanalco, 2290 meters, Estado de Mexico. Left, lower
molars.
B'. _B. musculus musculus_, subadult, male, No. 45456 USNM, Colima,
Colima, Mexico. Right, lower molars.]
The largest single collection of pygmy mice is in the University of
Kansas Museum of Natural History, and, unless otherwise indicated,
specimens cited in the taxonomic accounts beyond are there.
I am indebted to the following named institutions and persons for making
specimens available for study:
American Museum of Natural History, G. G. Goodwin and R. G. VanGelder.
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