The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, MéxicoAlvarez, Ticul
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The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, México
Alvarez, Ticul
Mammals -- Mexico -- Tamaulipas
From 1930 on, several expeditions yielded new information about the
native mammals. In that year L. B. Kellum visited the Sierra San
Carlos. The results were reported by Dice (1937). Another important
collection from Tamaulipas was made by Marian Martin in the area of
Gómez Farías. Mammals collected by her were reported by Goodwin (1954).
Hooper (1953) also reported specimens from Gómez Farías but included in
his report records of mammals collected in other areas as well. In 1950
E. R. Hall and C. von Wedel made a trip to the barrier beach in the
northeastern part of the state and collected several kinds of mammals
among which three were described as new by Hall (1951).
The report here presented is based upon specimens in the Museum of
Natural History of The University of Kansas that were collected mainly
by the persons named beyond. Gerd H. Heinrich and his wife Hilda
collected in 1952 and 1953 in the areas around Miquihuana, Ciudad
Victoria, Soto la Marina, Sierra de Tamaulipas, and Altamira. W. J.
Schaldach collected in 1949 and 1950 in the Sierra Madre Oriental south
of Ciudad Victoria; he returned to Tamaulipas in 1954 in company with
V. Grissino and worked in the Sierra Madre Oriental south and north of
Ciudad Victoria. In 1961 P. L. Clifton and J. H. Bodley collected in
the northwestern part of the state and in the western part, around
Tula, Nicolás, and Tajada. Some students and staff members of the
Museum have occasionally collected in Tamaulipas.
As a result of all the mentioned expeditions and others, 32 species and
subspecies have been described with type localities in Tamaulipas. They
are:
Altamira
_Lepus californicus altamirae_ Nelson
_Sciurus aureogaster aureogaster_ (Cuvier) (by restriction)
_Sciurus deppei negligens_ Nelson
_Geomys tropicalis_ Goldman
Antiguo Morelos, 8 mi. N of
_Tadarida laticaudata ferruginea_ Goodwin
Brownsville (Texas), 45 mi. from
_Scalopus inflatus_ Jackson
Charco Escondido
_Perognathus hispidus hispidus_ Baird
_Neotoma micropus micropus_ Baird
El Carrizo
_Peromyscus ochraventer_ Baker
Gómez Farías
_Heterogeomys hispidus negatus_ Goodwin
Hacienda Santa Engracia
_Oryzomys fulvescens engracia_ Osgood
Jaumave
_Dipodomys ordii durranti_ Setzer
La Pesca, 1 mi. E of
_Spermophilus spilosoma oricolus_ Alvarez
Matamoros
_Cryptotis parva berlandieri_ (Baird)
_Lasiurus intermedius intermedius_ (H. Allen)
_Dasypus novemcinctus mexicanus_ Peters (by restriction)
_Cratogeomys castanops tamaulipensis_ Nelson and Goldman
_Felis yagouaroundi cacomitli_ Berlandier
Matamoros, 88 mi. S, 10 mi. W of
_Lepus californicus curti_ Hall
_Dipodomys ordii parvabullatus_ Hall
_Sigmodon hispidus solus_ Hall
Mier
_Canis latrans microdon_ Merriam
Miquihuana
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