The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, MéxicoAlvarez, Ticul
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The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, México
Alvarez, Ticul
Mammals -- Mexico -- Tamaulipas
1860. _R[eithrodon]. mexicanus_ Saussure, Revue et Mag.
Zool., Paris, ser. 2, 12:109, type from mountains of
Veracruz; restricted to Mirador, Veracruz, by Hooper, Miscl.
Publ. Mus. Zool., Univ. Michigan, 77:140, January 16.
1914, _Reithrodontomys mexicanus mexicanus_, A. H. Howell,
N. Amer. Fauna, 36:70, June 5. Not _Reithrodontomys
mexicanus_ (Saussure), being instead of J. A. Allen,
1895:135, which in part equalled _Reithrodontomys fulvescens
difficilis_.
_Distribution in Tamaulipas._--Known from two localities,
but probably occurs in all tropical areas in south part of
state.
As noted before, J. A. Allen (1891:223) reported specimens from Rancho
Santa Rosa as _Ochetodon mexicanus_, but he used this name for the
species now known as _R. fulvescens_.
The specimen examined, previously reported by Jones and Anderson
(1958:447), represents the northernmost occurrence of the species.
_Records of occurrence._--One specimen examined from Rancho
Pano Ayuctle, 6 mi. N Gómez Farías, 300 ft.
Additional record: Rancho del Cielo, 3500 ft. (Hooper,
1952:144).
=Peromyscus maniculatus blandus= Osgood
Deer Mouse
1904. _Peromyscus sonoriensis blandus_ Osgood, Proc. Biol.
Soc. Washington, 17:56, March 21, type from Escalón,
Chihuahua.
1909. _Peromyscus maniculatus blandus_ Osgood, N. Amer.
Fauna, 28:84, April 17.
_Distribution in Tamaulipas._--Reported only from Miquihuana
(Osgood, 1909:86).
=Peromyscus melanotis= J. A. Allen and Chapman
Black-eared Mouse
1897. _Peromyscus melanotis_ J. A. Allen and Chapman, Bull.
Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 9:203, June 16, type from Las Vigas,
Veracruz.
_Distribution in Tamaulipas._--Known only from Miquihuana
(Osgood, 1909:112).
=Peromyscus leucopus texanus= (Woodhouse)
White-footed Mouse
1853. _Hesperomys texana_ Woodhouse, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci.
Philadelphia, 6:242, type probably from vicinity of Mason,
Mason Co., Texas.
1909. _Peromyscus leucopus texanus_, Osgood, N. Amer. Fauna,
28:127, April 17.
_Distribution in Tamaulipas._--Over all of state.
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