The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, MéxicoAlvarez, Ticul
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The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, México
Alvarez, Ticul
Mammals -- Mexico -- Tamaulipas
All specimens examined from Tamaulipas are assigned to _P. l. texanus_
because their coloration is pale. Even so the color varies some
according to locality; specimens from Rancho Pano Ayuctle and the
Sierra de Tamaulipas have much of the cinnamon color that is
characteristic of _P. l. incensus_ from farther south, but even so
specimens from the two localities last mentioned are paler than those
from Veracruz that are typical _incensus_.
Goldman (1942:158) reported specimens from Altamira as _P. l.
incensus_, in which subspecies Ingles (1959:397) included specimens
from two miles west of Tampico, but specimens examined from the same
area do not differ from individuals from far north thereof; for this
reason I identify specimens from these localities as _texanus_. Osgood
(1909:131) and Hooper (1953:7) also referred specimens from the
southern part of Tamaulipas to _texanus_. These two authors examined
156 specimens and did not find any intergradation between _texanus_ and
_incensus_, but to me, the cinnamon tones of specimens from Rancho Pano
Ayuctle and the Sierra de Tamaulipas, suggest intergradation between
the two subspecies.
Osgood's (1909:265) measurements of _P. l. texanus_, from Brownsville,
Texas, and those of 40 specimens from different localities in
Tamaulipas are about the same except that the anterior palatine
foramina average longer in Tamaulipas. Baker's (1956:262) specimens
from Coahuila, averaged larger even than Tamaulipan specimens. Another
difference between Osgood's measurements and Baker's was the shorter
3.4 (3.0-3.7) maxillary tooth-row in Tamaulipan specimens.
Hooper (1953:7) recorded specimens from General Terán, as in
Tamaulipas; actually this locality is in Nuevo León.
_Records of occurrence._--Specimens examined, 149: 4.5 mi. S
Nuevo Laredo, 1; 3 mi. SE Reynosa, 2; 7 km. S, 2 km. W San
Fernando, 1; Villa Mainero, 1700 ft., 1; Rancho Santa Rosa,
25 km. N, 13 km. W Cd. Victoria, 260 m., 2; 9.5 mi. SW
Padilla, 800 ft., 2; 15 mi. N Cd. Victoria, 2; 4 mi. N La
Pesca, 1; Soto la Marina, 11; La Pesca, 1; 12 km. N, 4 km. W
Cd. Victoria, 3; 7 km. NE Cd. Victoria, 1; Sierra de
Tamaulipas, 10 mi. W, and 2 mi. S Piedra, 1200 ft., 31;
Ejido Eslabones, 10 mi. W, 2 mi. S Piedra, 1200 ft., 6;
Jaumave, 20; Ejido Santa Isabel, 2 km. W Pan-American
Highway, 2000 ft., 15; 53 km. N El Limón, 12 km. S Río
Guayalejo, 5; Rancho Pano Ayuctle, 25 mi. N El Mante, 3 km.
W Highway, 300 ft., 16; Rancho Pano Ayuctle, 6 mi. N Gómez
Farías, 300 ft., 7; 8 km. W, 10 km. N El Encino, 400 ft., 3;
8 mi. N Tula, 4500 ft., 2; 2 km. W El Carrizo, 3; 6 mi. N,
6 mi. W Altamira, 9; 16 km. N Tampico, 1; 7 km. N Tampico, 3.
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