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
_Comparisons._--From _B. t. taylori_, _B. t. fuliginatus_ differs in:
dorsum slightly darker than in darkest _taylori_; tail densely haired,
bicolored rather than unicolored; belly sooty to grayish rather than
grayish to whitish; forefeet and hind feet sooty to grayish rather than
flesh-colored; incisive foramina less bowed laterally, more nearly
straight; interparietal compressed anteroposteriorly, less
diamond-shaped.
From _B. t. paulus_, _B. t. fuliginatus_ differs in: dorsum dusky to
blackish rather than fawn color; belly sooty to grayish rather than
buffy to whitish-gray; forefeet and hind feet sooty to grayish rather
than whitish; zygoma more nearly forming a right angle with rostrum or
skull, less tapered anteriorly; anterior part of jugal possessing
ventral projection; jugal extending nearly to lacrimal on posterior
surface of maxillary part of zygoma.
From _B. t. analogous_, _B. t. fuliginatus_ differs in: mid-dorsal
region blacker, less brownish; tail distinctly bicolored rather than
unicolored to faintly bicolored; incisive foramina not constricted
medially; presphenoid broader (at narrowest point); jugal differs much
the same as it does from _paulus_; nasals anteriorly truncate instead of
rounded.
_Remarks._--Dalquest (1953:155-157) and Booth (1957:15) assigned all of
the pygmy mice that they examined from the state of San Luis Potosi to
_B. t. taylori_. Examination of all of the material that was available
to Dalquest, plus additional specimens at the University of Kansas
Museum of Natural History, reveals that there are three subspecies in
San Luis Potosi. _B. t. taylori_ occurs in the eastern part of the State
at lower altitudes; _B. t. analogous_ occurs to the southeast at higher
altitudes; _B. t. fuliginatus_ occurs in the northeastern part of the
State in the Sierra Madre Oriental.
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