The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, MéxicoAlvarez, Ticul
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The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, México
Alvarez, Ticul
Mammals -- Mexico -- Tamaulipas
_Measurements._--Measurements of female and male (60239,
60240), both adult, from Joya Verde, are, respectively: 745,
760; 370, 385; 70, 75; 47, 56; greatest length of skull
(excluding incisors), 81.9, 83.1; zygomatic breadth, 46.1,
51.9; interorbital constriction, 16.3, 16.3; postorbital
constriction, 19.5, 18.5; breadth of braincase, 33.7, 36.6;
length of maxillary tooth-row, 31.5, 32.0; breadth across
postorbital processes (tip to tip), 25.3, 26.8.
_Records of occurrence._--Two specimens examined from Joya
Verde, 35 km. SW Victoria, 3800 ft.
Additional record: Joya de Salas (Goodwin, 1954:14).
=Procyon lotor=
Racoon
Racoons occur all through the state. The one specimen examined was shot
about 11:00 p. m. in a cypress tree. Its mouth contained fresh corn.
The animal was notably fat and weighed 11 pounds. According to the
natives the racoons do much damage in cornfields.
=Procyon lotor fuscipes= Mearns
1914. _Procyon lotor fuscipes_ Mearns, Proc. Biol. Soc.
Washington, 27:63, March 20, type from Las Moras Creek, 1011
ft., Fort Clark, Kinney Co., Texas.
_Distribution in Tamaulipas._--Practically all of state,
except western part.
_Records_ (Goldman, 1950:51, unless otherwise noted):
Camargo; Matamoros; Bagdad; Marmolego; Camp 2 (= 73 mi. S
Washington Beach, Selander _et al._, 1962:338, recorded only
two species); Gómez Farías (Goodwin, 1954:14); Altamira.
=Procyon lotor hernandezii= Wagler
1831. _Pr[ocyon]. hernandezii_ Wagler, Isis von Oken,
24:514, type from Tlalpan, Valley of Mexico.
1890. _Procyon lotor hernandezi_, J. A. Allen, Bull. Amer.
Mus. Nat. Hist., 3:176, December 10.
_Distribution in Tamaulipas._--Western part of state; known
only from Rancho Santa Rosa.
The specimen examined is identified as _P. l. hernandezii_ because the
animal differs from specimens of _P. l. fuscipes_ from southern Texas
and Coahuila in the same way that Goldman (1950:50) noted that _P. l.
hernandezii_ differs from _P. l. fuscipes_. For example, in the
specimen from Rancho Santa Rosa the interorbital region is lower, the
braincase is less depressed near the fronto-parietal suture, the
postorbital process is longer and more pointed, and the upper
carnassial is longer. The color is the same as in specimens of
_fuscipes_ from Texas except that the postauricular spot is smaller,
and the ground color is slightly more grayish. The median dorsal area
is black, forming a longitudinal band about 3 cm. wide.
_Record of occurrence._--One specimen examined from Rancho
Santa Rosa, 25 km. N, 13 km. W Cd. Victoria.
=Nasua narica molaris= Merriam
Coati
1902. _Nasua narica molaris_ Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc.
Washington, 15:68, March 22, type from Manzanillo, Colima.
_Distribution in Tamaulipas._--Over all of state.
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