The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, MéxicoAlvarez, Ticul
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The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, México
Alvarez, Ticul
Mammals -- Mexico -- Tamaulipas
Additional records: Matamoros (Hollister, 1925:60); Rancho
del Cielo (Hooper, 1953:11).
=Sylvilagus brasiliensis truei= (J. A. Allen)
Forest Rabbit
1890. _Lepus truei_ J. A. Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat.
Hist., 3:192, December 10, type from Mirador, Veracruz.
1950. _Sylvilagus brasiliensis truei_, Hershkovitz, Proc. U.
S. Nat. Mus., 100:351, May 26.
_Distribution in Tamaulipas._--Southern part of state; known
only from Rancho del Cielo (Goodwin, 1954:7).
=Sylvilagus audubonii parvulus= (J. A. Allen)
Desert Cottontail
1904. _Lepus (Sylvilagus) parvulus_ J. A. Allen, Bull. Amer.
Mus. Nat. Hist., 20:34, February 29, type from Apam,
Hidalgo.
1909. _Sylvilagus audubonii parvulus_, Nelson, N. Amer.
Fauna, 29:236, August 31.
_Distribution in Tamaulipas._--Western part of state.
The specimen examined, a male that weighed 646 grams, was shot at
night.
This species occurs only in western Tamaulipas. Hall and Kelson
(1959:267, map 187) mistakenly plotted El Mulato, as being in the
eastern part of the state; actually this locality is in the San Carlos
Mountains of the west, near the boundary between Tamaulipas and Nuevo
León.
_Records of occurrence._--One specimen examined from 4 mi.
SW Nuevo Laredo, 900 ft.
Additional records (Nelson, 1909:237, unless otherwise
noted): Nuevo Laredo; Guerrero; Mier; Camargo; El Mulato
(Dice, 1937:256); Miquihuana.
=Sylvilagus floridanus=
Eastern Cottontail
This species occurs throughout Tamaulipas. A female from Soto la
Marina, obtained on May 17, was lactating; another from 12 miles
northwest of San Carlos, on August 23, carried two embryos that were 15
mm. in crown-rump length.
=Sylvilagus floridanus chapmani= (J. A. Allen)
1899. _Lepus floridanus chapmani_ J. A. Allen, Bull. Amer.
Mus. Nat. Hist., 12:12, March 4, type from Corpus Christi,
Nueces Co., Texas.
1904. _Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) floridanus chapmani_, Lyon,
Smith. Misc. Coll., 45:336, June 15.
_Distribution in Tamaulipas._--Northern two-thirds of state.
A male and pregnant female from 12 miles northwest of San Carlos
weighed, respectively, 650 and 690 grams.
_Records of occurrence._--Specimens examined, 17: San
Fernando, 180 ft., 3; 12 mi. NW San Carlos, 1300 ft., 3; La
Pesca, 3; Soto la Marina, 500 ft., 6; Ejido Eslabones, 2 mi.
S, 10 mi. W Piedra, 1200 ft., 2.
Additional record: Jaumave (Nelson, 1909:178).
=Sylvilagus floridanus connectens= (Nelson)
1904. _Lepus floridanus connectens_ Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc.
Washington, 17:105, May 18, type from Chichicaxtle,
Veracruz.
1909. _Sylvilagus floridanus connectens_, Lyon and Osgood,
Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 62:32, January 28.
_Distribution in Tamaulipas._--Southern part of state.
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