The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, MéxicoAlvarez, Ticul
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The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, México
Alvarez, Ticul
Mammals -- Mexico -- Tamaulipas
1962. _Neotoma albigula subsolana_ Alvarez, Univ. Kansas
Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., 14:141, April 30, type from
Miquihuana, 6400 ft., Tamaulipas.
_Distribution in Tamaulipas._--Western side of Sierra Madre
Oriental.
At Nicolás specimens were taken in traps set along a thorn fence and at
Tajada two specimens were trapped along a rock wall. At other places
some specimens were brought in by natives who captured the rats by
tearing apart their houses.
Five females taken on October 18 at Nicolás carried embryos (one to two
per female), which averaged 22.2 (11-45) mm. in crown-rump length.
Another female, taken nine miles southwest of Tula on October 13,
carried 2 embryos that were 35 mm. in crown-rump length. The average
weight of the five pregnant females was 196.7 (183-207) grams. The
average weights of nine adult males and six non-pregnant females from
Miquihuana were, respectively, 215.6 (175-250) and 162.5 (155-175)
grams.
_Records of occurrence._--Specimens examined, 51:
Miquihuana, 6400 ft., 22; Joya Verde, 35 km. SW Cd. Victoria
(on Jaumave Road) 3800 ft., 2; Nicolás, 56 km. NW Tula, 5500
ft., 10; Tajada, 23 mi. NW Tula, 5200 ft, 2; 9 mi. SW Tula,
3900 ft., 15.
Additional record: Jaumave (Goldman, 1910:37).
=Neotoma angustapalata= Baker
Tamaulipas Wood Rat
1951. _Neotoma angustapalata_ Baker, Univ. Kansas Publ.,
Mus. Nat. Hist., 5:217, December 15, type from 70 km. by
highway S Ciudad Victoria, and 6 km. W Pan-American highway
at El Carrizo, Tamaulipas.
_Distribution in Tamaulipas._--Southern part of state;
presently known from two localities.
Baker (1951:218) reported that specimens from the type locality were
taken in crevices among rocks on a small hillside that supported a
sparse cover of vegetation growing from a deep layer of humus. The
specimen from eight kilometers west and 10 kilometers north of El
Encino was shot about 40 yards from the entrance to a large cave, but
no sign of wood rats were found there. Hooper (1953:9) reported that
_N. angustapalata_ occupied caves at Rancho del Cielo, where a female
with two nursing young was taken.
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