The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, MéxicoAlvarez, Ticul
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The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, México
Alvarez, Ticul
Mammals -- Mexico -- Tamaulipas
1901. _Odocoileus texensis_ Miller and Rehn, Proc. Boston
Soc. Nat. Hist., 30:17, December 27, an accidental renaming
of _texanus_.
_Distribution in Tamaulipas._--Probably all of northern part
of state.
Two fragments of lower jaw from the barrier beach were examined and
assigned to this subspecies on geographic grounds.
_Records of occurrence._--Specimens examined, 2, fragments
from 33 mi. S Washington Beach.
Additional records: Sierra San Carlos (El Mulato and
Sardinia) (Dice, 1937:256).
=Odocoileus virginianus veraecrucis= Goldman and Kellogg
1940. _Odocoileus virginianus veraecrucis_ Goldman and
Kellogg, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 53:89, June 28, type
from Chijol, 200 ft., Veracruz.
_Distribution in Tamaulipas._--Tropical area, reported only
from Soto la Marina (Miller and Kellogg, 1955:806) and
Savinito Tierre [= Tierra] Caliente (J. A. Allen, 1881:184)
and Tampico (_ibid._) as _Cariacus virginianus mexicanus_.
=Mazama americana temama= (Kerr)
Red Brocket
1782. _Cervus temama_ Kerr, The Animal kingdom ..., p. 303.
Type locality, restricted to Mirador, Veracruz, by
Hershkovitz (Fieldiana-Zool., Chicago Nat. Hist. Mus.,
31:567, July 10, 1951).
1951. _Mazama americana temama_, Hershkovitz.
Fieldiana-Zool., Chicago Nat. Hist. Mus., 31:567, July 10.
_Distribution in Tamaulipas._--Southern part of state in
tropical area.
The specimen examined is conspicuously darker than specimens from
Veracruz and Chiapas, being especially more brownish and less reddish.
_Records of occurrence._--One specimen examined from Rancho
Pano Ayuctle (skin only).
Additional records: Alta Cima (Goodwin, 1954:15); Rancho del
Cielo (Hooper, 1953:10).
=Antilocapra americana mexicana= Merriam
Pronghorn
1901. _Antilocapra americana mexicana_ Merriam, Proc. Biol.
Soc. Washington, 14:31, April 5, type from Sierra en Media,
Chihuahua.
_Distribution in Tamaulipas._--Originally in the northern
part of state; now absent from Tamaulipas.
_Antilocapra_ is here included on the basis of a skull recorded by
Baird (1858:669) from Matamoros. J. A. Allen (1881:184) doubted the
occurrence of this animal in Tamaulipas because Dr. Palmer found no
indications of the presence of _Antilocapra_ in any portion of the area
that he traversed, which apparently was only southern Tamaulipas.
I am sure that the pronghorn is extinct in Tamaulipas, but its
occurrence in the northern part of the state in relatively recent time
(more than 100 years ago) seems possible because the habitat in
northern Tamaulipas is suitable for the pronghorn.
LITERATURE CITED
ALLEN, H.
1862. Descriptions of two new species of Vespertilionidae,
and some remarks on the genus Antrozous. Proc. Acad. Nat.
Sci. Philadelphia, pp. 246-248, between May 27 and August 1.
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