The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, MéxicoAlvarez, Ticul
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The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, México
Alvarez, Ticul
Mammals -- Mexico -- Tamaulipas
Additional record: Altamira (Goldman, 1910:29).
=Neotoma micropus micropus= Baird
1855. _Neotoma micropus_ Baird, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci.
Philadelphia, 7:333, April, type from Charco Escondido,
Tamaulipas.
_Distribution in Tamaulipas._--From Soto la Marina
northward.
The weight of five males and four females from Soto la Marina averaged,
respectively, 256.4 (210-317) and 233.0 (195-274) grams.
A specimen (56924) from La Pesca differs from all other specimens of
_N. micropus_ examined in being smaller, having a conspicuously shorter
rostrum, broader intraorbital canal, and lower broader braincase.
External measurements of this specimen are as follows: 347; 155; 39;
--. Its cranial measurements are: greatest length, 44.8; basilar
length, 34.3; zygomatic breadth, 23.6; interorbital constriction, 6.2;
incisive foramina, 6.5; length of maxillary tooth-row, 8.7; width of
mesopterygoid fossa, 4.1.
_Records of occurrence._--Specimens examined, 58: 4 mi. SW
Nuevo Laredo, 900 ft., 14; 4-1/2 mi. S Nuevo Laredo, 1; 3
mi. SE Reynosa, 1; 3 mi. S Matamoros, 2; 33 mi. S Washington
Beach, 1; San Fernando, 180 ft., 1; 7 km. S, 2 km. W San
Fernando, 2; 12 mi. NW San Carlos, 1300 ft., 4; 9-1/2 mi. SW
Padilla, 800 ft., 3; 3 mi. N Soto la Marina, 3; Soto la
Marina, 500 ft., 12; 4 mi. N La Pesca, 3; 1 mi. E La Pesca,
1; La Pesca, 2; 3 mi. NE Guemes, 1; 7 mi. NE Cd. Victoria,
1; Cd. Victoria, 6.
Additional records (Goldman, 1910:28, unless otherwise
noted): Nuevo Laredo; 10 mi. S Nuevo Laredo (Booth,
1957:15); Camargo; Matamoros; Bagdad; 40 mi. S Matamoros
(Hooper, 1953:9); Sierra San Carlos (El Mulato, Tamaulipeca)
(Dice, 1937:254); San Fernando (J. A. Allen, 1891:224);
Forlón.
=Microtus mexicanus subsimus= Goldman
Mexican Vole
1938. _Microtus mexicanus subsimus_ Goldman, Jour. Mamm.,
19:494, November 14, type from Sierra Guadalupe,
southeastern Coahuila.
_Distribution in Tamaulipas._--Reported only from mountains
near Miquihuana (Goldman, 1938:495).
=Canis latrans=
Coyote
In Tamaulipas two and possibly three subspecies of _Canis latrans_
occur. _C. l. texensis_ is known only from the northwesternmost part of
the state, and _C. l. microdon_ occurs from Camargo south to Nicolás.
Hall and Kelson (1959:845) guessed that _C. l. cagottis_ would be found
in the southern third of the state; as yet specimens from there have
not been obtained and the subspecific identity of the coyotes there, if
any are present, remains in doubt.
=Canis latrans microdon= Merriam
1897. _Canis microdon_ Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington,
11:29, March 15, type from Mier, on Río Grande, Tamaulipas.
1932. _Canis latrans microdon_, Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc.
Washington, 45:224, November 26.
_Distribution in Tamaulipas._--Probably state-wide, reported
only from the northern half of the state.
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