The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, MéxicoAlvarez, Ticul
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The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, México
Alvarez, Ticul
Mammals -- Mexico -- Tamaulipas
1934. _Trichechus manatus latirostris_, Hatt, Bull. Amer.
Mus. Nat. Hist., 66:538, September 10.
_Distribution in Tamaulipas._--Reported from mouth of Río
Grande (Miller and Kellogg, 1955:791); probably extirpated
in state.
=Tayassu tajacu angulatus= (Cope)
Collared Peccary
1889. _Dicotyles angulatus_ Cope, Amer. Nat., 23:147,
February, type from Guadalupe River, Texas.
1953. _Tayassu tajacu angulatus_, Dalquest, Louisiana State
Univ. Studies, Biol. Sci. Ser., 1:207, December 28.
_Distribution in Tamaulipas._--All of state, in suitable
habitats.
Records: Near El Mulato (Dice, 1937:256); Alta Cima
(Goodwin, 1954:15); Rancho del Cielo (_ibid._); approx. 10
mi. N Cues (Leopold, 1947:443 map).
=Odocoileus hemionus crooki= (Mearns)
Mule Deer
1897. _Dorcelaphus crooki_ Mearns, Preliminary diagnoses of
new mammals of the genera _Mephitis_, _Dorcelaphus_ and
_Dicotyles_, from the Mexican border ..., p. 2, February 11,
type locality summit Dog Mtns., 6129 ft., Hidalgo Co., New
Mexico.
1939. _Odocoileus hemionus crooki_, Goldman and Kellogg,
Jour. Mamm., 20:507, November 14.
_Distribution in Tamaulipas._--Reported only from Cerro del
Tigre (Leopold, 1959:504), but probably throughout western
part of state. Now rare in the state.
=Odocoileus virginianus=
White-tailed Deer
This species is relatively abundant in Tamaulipas from where three
subspecies have been reported. Two specimens examined were shot at
night.
=Odocoileus virginianus miquihuanensis= Goldman and Kellogg
1940. _Odocoileus virginianus miquihuanensis_ Goldman and
Kellogg, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 53:84, June 28, type
from Sierra Madre Oriental, 6000 ft., near Miquihuana,
Tamaulipas.
_Distribution in Tamaulipas._--Throughout Sierra Madre
Oriental.
An adult male, having two points on each antler, and a young male were
examined and identified as this subspecies because of their small size
and dark color.
_Measurements._--A male from 15 km. W Rancho Santa Rosa
affords measurements as follows: 1385; 245; 330; 154;
condylobasal length, 234; length of maxillary tooth-row,
76.3; width across orbits at frontal-jugal suture, 100.9.
_Records of occurrence_.--Specimens examined, 2: 15 km. W
Rancho Santa Rosa, 4500 ft., 1; Ejido Santa Isabel, 2000
ft., 1.
Additional records (Goodwin, 1954:15): San Antonio, 11 km.
SW Joya de Salas; Rancho Pano Ayuctle.
=Odocoileus virginianus texanus= (Mearns)
1898. _Dorcelaphus texanus_ Mearns, Proc. Biol. Soc.
Washington, 12:23, January 27, type from Fort Clark [north
of Eagle Pass on Big Bend of Rio Grande], Kinney Co., Texas.
1902. _Dama v[irginiana]. texensis_ [_sic_], J. A. Allen,
Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 16:20, February 1.
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