The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, MéxicoAlvarez, Ticul
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The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, México
Alvarez, Ticul
Mammals -- Mexico -- Tamaulipas
A lactating female caught on July 20 and four males from Miquihuana
weighed, respectively, 51, and 50.2 (47-54) grams. A female, taken on
July 24, 14 miles north and six miles west of Palmillas in a valley
covered by mesquite and other bushes, had 3 embryos 10 mm. in
crown-rump length, and weighed 60 grams. One specimen from nine miles
southwest of Tula was caught in an outcrop of rocks and two others were
taken among bushes on the desert. A female on October 10 carried 4
embryos 2 mm. in crown-rump length.
Specimens of _P. melanophrys_ here listed are the first to be reported
from Tamaulipas. They are assigned to the subspecies _consobrinus_ on
the basis of dark color and because their size closely corresponds to
that of the holotype. The specimen from the vicinity of Palmillas and
one from Miquihuana (56408) are larger than the others and grayish.
A specimen (56413) from Miquihuana lacks all the molariform teeth. Its
alveoli in one maxilla are closed and those in the opposite maxilla are
more open than is normal.
_Measurements._--Average and extreme measurements of four
males, two females (56413, 56408) from Miquihuana, and a
female (56414) from 14 miles north and 6 miles west of
Palmillas, are, respectively, as follows: total length (two
males only), 249, 245, 265, 247, 280; length of tail
vertebrae (two males only), 137, 134, 141, 131, 157; length
of hind foot, 26.7 (26-27), 27, 27, 27; ear from notch, 23.7
(23-24), 25, 24, 25; greatest length of skull, 30.3
(29.5-31.0), 31.2, 31.8, 32.2; interorbital constriction,
4.8 (4.7-4.9), 4.9, 4.8, 5.0; length of palatine slits, 6.6
(6.2-6.8), 6.9, 6.9, 6.8; length of diastema, 8.1 (8.0-8.3),
--, 8.5, 8.5; alveolar length of maxillary tooth-row, 4.5
(4.3-4.7), --, 4.3, 4.6.
_Records of occurrence._--Specimens examined, 16:
Miquihuana, 6200 ft., 6; 14 mi. N, 6 mi. W Palmillas, 5500
ft., 1; Nicolás, 56 km. NW Tula, 5500 ft., 6; 9 mi. SW Tula,
3900 ft., 3.
=Peromyscus difficilis petricola= Hoffmeister and de la Torre
Zacatecan Deer Mouse
1959. _Peromyscus difficilis petricola_ Hoffmeister and de
la Torre, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 72:167, November 4,
type from 12 mi. E San Antonio de las Alazanas, 9000 ft.,
Coahuila.
_Distribution in Tamaulipas._--Westernmost part of state.
The three specimens from Miquihuana were collected among rocks and
stumps, in an oak forest. The specimens from 20 miles north of Tula
were collected after midnight on a hillside covered mainly with juniper
brush. A female (October 11) carried 3 embryos 26 mm. in crown-rump
length.
_Records of occurrence._--Specimens examined, 6: Miquihuana,
8500 ft., 3; 20 mi. N Tula, 5800 ft., 3.
=Peromyscus ochraventer= Baker
El Carrizo Deer Mouse
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