The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, MéxicoAlvarez, Ticul
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The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, México
Alvarez, Ticul
Mammals -- Mexico -- Tamaulipas
1951. _Peromyscus ochraventer_ Baker, Univ. Kansas Publ.,
Mus. Nat. Hist., 5:213, December 15, type from 70 km. (by
highway) S Ciudad Victoria, 6 km. W Pan-American Highway at
El Carrizo, Tamaulipas.
_Distribution in Tamaulipas._--Vicinity of the type
locality.
The series of specimens examined was the same used by the original
describer of the species. He (1951:214-215) pointed out that the mice
were taken in junglelike forest among rocks and adjacent to logs.
Burrows extended beneath large blocks of limestone, and each burrow
where a mouse was caught was marked by a pile of excavated earth
resembling a tiny mound left by a pocket gopher. These burrows were at
an elevation of approximately 2800 feet above sea level on the steep
sides of a small hill in an area where the vegetation was intermediate
between that of the arid and humid subdivisions of the tropical region.
Each of two females, captured on January 13, carried five placental
scars; one of the females was lactating.
_Records of occurrence._--Specimens examined, 24, from the
type locality.
Additional records (Goodwin, 1954:12): Gómez Farías; Rancho
del Cielo; Joya de Salas.
=Baiomys taylori taylori= (Thomas)
Northern Pygmy Mouse
1887. _Hesperomys (Vesperimus) taylori_ Thomas, Ann. Mag.
Nat. Hist., ser. 5, 19:66, January, type from San Diego,
Duval Co., Texas.
1907. _Baiomys taylori_ Mearns, U. S. Nat. Mus., Bull.
56:381, April 13.
_Distribution in Tamaulipas._--All of state, except
southwestern desert part.
The species of this genus have been revised recently by Packard (1960)
and the specimens from Tamaulipas are arranged according to his
systematic findings. The weight of 35 specimens labeled with reference
to Altamira are 7.6 (6.0-9.0) grams; 15 from Jaumave weigh 6.9
(6.0-9.0) grams. Pregnant females were collected as follows: February
22, Ejido Santa Isabel, 3 (embryos x 4 mm. in crown-rump length); March
2, Rancho Pano Ayuctle, 6 x 16; July 9, six miles north and six miles
west of Altamira, 1 x 4; July 28 and 29, Jaumave, 2 x 8 and 3 x 9. The
average number of embryos was 2.8 (1-5).
_Records of occurrence._--Specimens examined, 83: 4 mi. N La
Pesca, 1; Cd. Victoria, 3; Jaumave, 2400 ft., 17; Ejido
Santa Isabel, 2 km. W Pan-American Highway, 2000 ft., 7;
Rancho Pano Ayuctle, 25 mi. N, 3 km. W El Mante, 300 ft., 4;
Rancho Pano Ayuctle, 6 mi. N Gómez Farías, 300 ft., 1; Río
Sabinas, 8 km. N El Encino, 400 ft., 1; 2 km. W El Carrizo,
2; 6 mi. N, 6 mi. W Altamira, 33; 5 mi. N, 5 mi. W Altamira,
4; 1 mi. S Altamira, 3; 16 km. N Tampico, 4; 10 mi. NW
Tampico, 1; 7 mi. S Altamira, 1; 1 km. N Tampico, 1.
Additional records (Packard, 1960:654): Camargo; Charco
Escondido, 20 mi. S Reynosa; Matamoras (= Matamoros);
Hidalgo; 29 mi. N Cd. Victoria; Antiguo Morelos.
=Onychomys leucogaster longipes= Merriam
Northern Grasshopper Mouse
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