The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, México — John Shaqi
The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, MéxicoAlvarez, Ticul
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The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, México
Alvarez, Ticul
Mammals -- Mexico -- Tamaulipas
1954. _Cryptotis mexicana madrea_ Goodwin, Amer. Mus.
Novit., 1670:1, June 28, type from Rancho del Cielo, 5 mi.
NW Gómez Farías, 3500 ft., Tamaulipas.
_Distribution in Tamaulipas._--Known only from the type
locality and vicinity thereof.
This subspecies is known only from two complete specimens, six crania
and four rami collected in two different localities--the type locality
and Aserradero del Infernillo, only seven kilometers from the type
locality. All the specimens were examined and reported by Goodwin
(1954:1; 1954:4). The type specimen "was taken in a low section of an
overgrown ditch" and the other complete specimen was trapped in a stone
wall that separated an orchard from a pasture. The six skulls were
found in owl pellets.
=Notiosorex crawfordi= (Coues)
Crawford's Desert Shrew
1877. _Sorex (Notiosorex) crawfordi_ Coues, Bull. U. S.
Geol. and Geog. Surv. Territories, 3:651, May 15, type from
near old Fort Bliss, approximately 2 mi. above El Paso, El
Paso Co., Texas.
1895. _Notiosorex crawfordi_, Merriam, N. Amer. Fauna,
10:32, Dec. 31.
_Distribution in Tamaulipas_.--Known only from two
localities in southwestern part of state.
The two specimens examined were collected in July, one in tropical
forest and the other in pine-oak forest; each was a lactating female
and each weighed 5 grams.
Judging from Merriam's (1895:32) description, the two females differ
from the type and three specimens from San Diego, Texas, in having a
unicolored tail and in being slightly larger externally. When more
abundant material is available the _Notiosorex crawfordi_ of
northeastern México probably will be found to represent a new
subspecies; for the present I follow Findley (1955:616) in referring
Tamaulipan specimens to _N. crawfordi_.
_Measurements._--External measurements of the specimens from
Jaumave and Palmillas, respectively: 90, 90; 28, 31; 11,
11.5; 8, 8. For cranial measurements see Findley (1955:32).
_Records of occurrence._--Specimens examined, 2: Jaumave,
2400 ft., 1; Palmillas, 4400 ft., 1.
=Scalopus inflatus= Jackson
Tamaulipan Mole
1914. _Scalopus inflatus_ Jackson, Proc. Biol. Soc.
Washington, 27:21, February 2, type from Tamaulipas, 45
miles from Brownsville, Texas.
_Distribution in Tamaulipas._--Known only from the type
locality.
_Scalopus inflatus_ is known only from the type specimen, which is
imperfect and lacks complete data according to Jackson (1914:21). The
type locality is in Tamaulipas, 45 miles from Brownsville, Texas, but
the exact direction from Brownsville is unknown; probably the locality
was on the road between that town and San Fernando, Tamaulipas, which
is south-southwest of Brownsville.
=Pteronotus rubiginosus mexicanus= (Miller)
Mustached Bat
1902. _Chilonycteris mexicana_ Miller, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci.
Philadelphia, 54:401, September 12, type from San Blas,
Nayarit.
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