The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, MéxicoAlvarez, Ticul
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The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, México
Alvarez, Ticul
Mammals -- Mexico -- Tamaulipas
A male and female, both adults, from the same locality in the Sierra de
Tamaulipas weighed, respectively, 3,150 grams and 4,836 grams. Three
young from the same place weighed 2,250, 2,250, and 2,650 grams.
_Records of occurrence._--Specimens examined, 7: Sierra de
Tamaulipas, 10 mi. W, 2 mi. S Piedra, 1200 ft., 5; Rancho
Pano Ayuctle, 25 mi. N El Mante, 3 km. W Pan-American
Highway, 2200 ft., 1; 2 km. W El Carrizo, 1.
Additional records: Sierra San Carlos (San José, El Mulato)
(Dice, 1937:249); Soto la Marina (Goldman, 1942:81); Cd.
Victoria (_ibid._); 10 mi. NE Zamorina (Hooper, 1953:3); 3
mi. NW Acuña (_ibid._); 19 km. SW Mante (Davis, 1944:381).
=Potos flavus aztecus= Thomas
Kinkajou
1902. _Potos flavus aztecus_ Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.,
ser. 7, 9:268, April, type from Atoyac, Veracruz.
_Distribution in Tamaulipas._--Uncertain; one specimen was
seen by Leopold (1959:437) near Acuña.
=Mustela frenata=
Long-tailed Weasel
This species occurs in practically all of the state, but as in most
other areas actual records are few; only two specimens, both males,
have been examined. One was taken at Jaumave, in a steel-trap baited
with fresh egg. It weighed 325 grams. The other was taken in the
vicinity of Altamira and weighed 434 grams.
Two subspecies have been reported from Tamaulipas; _Mustela frenata
frenata_ that occurs in the central and northern parts of the state and
_M. f. tropicalis_ that occurs in the tropical area in the southern
part of the state.
=Mustela frenata frenata= Lichtenstein
1831. _Mustela frenata_ Lichtenstein, Darstellung neuer oder
wenig bekannter Säugethiere ..., pl. 42 and corresponding
text, unpaged, type from Ciudad México, México.
1877. _Putorius mexicanus_ Coues, Fur-bearing animals, U. S.
Geol. Surv. Territories, Misc. Publ., 8:42, a _nomen nudum_
[cited by Coues in synonymy as "_Putorius mexicanus_,
Berlandier, MMS. ic. ined. 4 (Tamaulipas and Matamoras)"].
_Distribution in Tamaulipas._--Central and northern parts of
state.
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