The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, MéxicoAlvarez, Ticul
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The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, México
Alvarez, Ticul
Mammals -- Mexico -- Tamaulipas
Three specimens were examined. One is a pup from the vicinity of
Padilla which is assigned to this subspecies on geographic grounds. The
other two are skins, collected at Nicolás by natives, who deceived the
collector by providing dog skulls with the coyote skins. These two
specimens are referred to _C. l. microdon_ on the basis of their dark
color and dusky shading on the throat and chest. One has a rufous
over-all color and the other is ochraceous yellowish. This difference
in color suggests intergradation at this place between _C. l. microdon_
that ranged to the northeast, _C. l. cagottis_ to the south, and
probably with _C. l. impavidus_ distributed to the west.
_Records of occurrence._--Specimens examined, 3: 9-1/2 mi.
SW Padilla, 800 ft., 1; Nicolás, 53 km. N Tula, 2.
Additional record: Camargo (Jackson, 1951:305); 20 mi. W
Reynosa (Ingles, 1959:401); Matamoros (Jackson, 1951:305);
Bagdad (_ibid._); Sierra San Carlos (San Miguel, El Mulato)
(Dice, 1937:251).
=Canis latrans texensis= V. Bailey
1905. _Canis nebrascensis texensis_ V. Bailey, N. Amer.
Fauna, 25:175, October 24, type from 45 mi. SW Corpus
Christi at Santa Gertrudis, Kleberg Co., Texas.
1932. _Canis latrans texensis_ V. Bailey, N. Amer. Fauna,
53:312, March 11.
_Distribution in Tamaulipas._--Extreme northwest, known only
from Nuevo Laredo (Jackson, 1951:279).
=Canis lupus monstrabilis= Goldman
Gray Wolf
1937. _Canis lupus monstrabilis_ Goldman, Jour. Mamm.,
18:42, February 11, type from 10 mi. S Rankin, Upton Co.,
Texas.
_Distribution in Tamaulipas._--Probably extinct, recorded
only from Matamoros (Goldman, 1944:468).
On the maps of distribution of _C. l. monstrabilis_ published by
Leopold (1959:400) and Baker and Villa (1960:370), Tamaulipas is
included in the region in which the wolf is considered to be extinct.
=Urocyon cineroargenteus scottii= Mearns
Gray Fox
1891. _Urocyon virginianus scottii_ Mearns, Bull. Amer. Mus.
Nat. Hist., 3:236, June 5, type from Pinal Co., Arizona.
1895. _Urocyon cinereo-argenteus scottii_, J. A. Allen,
Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 7:253, June.
_Distribution in Tamaulipas._--All of state in suitable
habitats.
The specimen from the Sierra Madre Oriental was obtained by a collector
who used a rabbit call. Leopold (1959:408) reported that the highest
elevation [about 2800 feet] at which he found gray fox in México was at
Hacienda de Acuña, in the Sierra de Tamaulipas, where "dense, brushy
draws and oak openings made ideal habitat." At this place Leopold saw,
in early August, a family of foxes, four well-grown young and their
parents. Dice (1937:250) reported _U. c. texensis_ (a junior synonym of
_U. c. scottii_), as abundant in the Sierra San Carlos.
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