The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, MéxicoAlvarez, Ticul
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The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, México
Alvarez, Ticul
Mammals -- Mexico -- Tamaulipas
_Records of occurrence._--Specimens examined, 15: 7 km. SW
La Purisima, 1; Rancho Pano Ayuctle, 6 mi. N Gómez Farías,
300 ft., 1; Rancho Pano Ayuctle, 25 mi. N Mante and 3 km. W
Pan-American Highway, 300 ft., 7; 10 km. N, 8 km. W El
Encino, 400 ft., 3; 2 km. W El Carrizo, 2500 ft., 3 (one
specimen deposited in Instituto de Biología, México).
=Marmosa mexicana mexicana= Merriam
Mexican Mouse-opossum
1897. _Marmosa murina mexicana_ Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc.
Washington, 11:44, March 16, type from Juquila, 1500 m.,
Oaxaca.
1902. _Marmosa mexicana_, Bangs, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool.,
39:19, April.
_Distribution in Tamaulipas._--Known only from Aserradero
del Infernillo (Goodwin, 1954:3) in southwestern part of
state.
_Marmosa_ has been reported from Tamaulipas only by Goodwin
(1954:3), who examined "15 rami, and one fragment of
maxillary" that were found in a cave. Possibly they were
remains from owl pellets.
=Sorex saussurei saussurei= Merriam
Saussure's Shrew
1892. _Sorex saussurei_ Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc.
Washington, 7:173, September 29, type from N slope Sierra
Nevada de Colima, approximately 8000 ft., Jalisco.
_Distribution in Tamaulipas._--Known only from Miquihuana.
Jackson (1928:156) reported four specimens from Miquihuana,
which he incorrectly located in Nuevo León.
=Cryptotis parva berlandieri= (Baird)
Least Shrew
1858. _Blarina berlandieri_ Baird, Mammals, _in_ Repts.
Expl. Surv. ..., 8(1):53, July 14, type from Matamoros,
Tamaulipas.
1941. _Cryptotis parva berlandieri_, Davis, Jour. Mamm.,
22:413, November 13.
_Distribution in Tamaulipas._--Throughout state.
A female taken on July 5, one mile south of Altamira, carried three
embryos 5 mm. in crown-rump length. A female from the same locality and
another taken on June 6 in the Sierra de Tamaulipas were lactating.
Weight of each of six males was 5.0 grams.
_Records of occurrence._--Specimens examined, 9: Sierra de
Tamaulipas, 10 mi. W, 2 mi. S Piedra, 1200 ft., 1; 1 mi. S
Altamira, 8.
Additional records: Matamoros (Baird, 1858:53); 9 km. N
Rancho Tigre (Goodwin, 1954:3).
=Cryptotis pergracilis pueblensis= Jackson
Slender Small-eared Shrew
1933. _Cryptotis pergracilis pueblensis_ Jackson, Proc.
Biol. Soc. Washington, 46:79, April 27, type from
Huachinango, 5000 ft., Puebla.
_Distribution in Tamaulipas._--Known only from Aserradero
del Paraiso.
The only report from Tamaulipas of this small shrew is that of Goodwin
(1954:3) who listed a cranium and mandible, possibly of the same
individual, found on the floor of a cave. Goodwin referred the remains
to _pueblensis_ because of the "noticeably broader and heavier rostrum
than in ... _C. parva berlandieri_ from Rancho Tigre."
=Cryptotis mexicana madrea= Goodwin
Mexican Small-eared Shrew
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