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diff --git a/39222.txt b/39222.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9abf211 --- /dev/null +++ b/39222.txt @@ -0,0 +1,2886 @@ +The Project Gutenberg EBook of An Annotated Check List of the Mammals of +Michoacan, Mexico, by Bernardo Villa R. and E. Raymond Hall + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org/license + + +Title: An Annotated Check List of the Mammals of Michoacan, Mexico + +Author: Bernardo Villa R. + E. Raymond Hall + +Release Date: March 22, 2012 [EBook #39222] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AN ANNOTATED CHECK LIST OF *** + + + + +Produced by Chris Curnow, Tom Cosmas, Joseph Cooper and +the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at +http://www.pgdp.net + + + + + + + + + +An Annotated Check List of the Mammals of MichoacAin, MA(C)xico + +BY + +E. RAYMOND HALL and BERNARDO VILLA R. + + +University of Kansas Publications + +Museum of Natural History + + +Volume 1, No. 22, pp. 431-472, 2 plates, 1 figure in text + +December 27, 1949 + + +University of Kansas + +LAWRENCE + +1949 + + + + +UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS PUBLICATIONS, MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY + + +Editors: E. Raymond Hall, Chairman, A. Byron Leonard, Edward H. Taylor, +Robert W. Wilson + + +Volume 1, No. 22, pp. 431-472, 2 plates, 1 figure in text + +December 27, 1949 + + +UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS + +Lawrence, Kansas + + +PRINTED BY + +FERD VOILAND, JR., STATE PRINTER + +TOPEKA, KANSAS + +1949 + +22-6113 + + + + +An Annotated Check List of the Mammals of MichoacAin, MA(C)xico + +By + +E. RAYMOND HALL and BERNARDO VILLA R. + + + + +INTRODUCTION + + +When General LAizaro Cardenas was President of the Republic of MA(C)xico, +encouragement was given by his administration to linguistic groups of +native American peoples to record in printed form, eventually in their +native languages, accounts of their cultural accomplishments and +accounts of the natural resources of the regions concerned. For the +Tarascan "Empire" centering in the state of MichoacAin, a committee of +Mexicans and citizens of the United States of America was formed to +forward these aims. Under the leadership of ethnologists on the +committee, especially Professor Daniel Rubin F. de la Borbolla and +Professor Ralph L. Beals, invitations to coA¶perate in the studies were +extended to biologists. One of us (Hall) was invited to investigate +the fauna of native wild mammals. In 1943, assisted by a fellowship +which Hall at that time held from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial +Foundation, and with support from Miss Annie M. Alexander, through the +University of California Museum of Vertebrate ZoA¶logy, most of +March--March 3 to March 29, 1943--was spent in the state of MichoacAin. + +Bernardo Villa R. of the Instituto de BiologA-a de la Universidad de +MA(C)xico was a member of the party from March 23 to 27. Previously, +March 4 to 22, Roberto AlcAintar from the Universidad de MichoacAin, in +Morelia, participated in the field work. Mr. J. R. Alcorn was active +in the collecting from the beginning until he entrained for the United +States on March 24. The remainder of the field party was made up of E. +Raymond Hall, his wife Mary F. Hall, and their three sons, William +Joel, Hubert H., and Benjamin D. Hall. + +From March 4 to 15 we collected at, and in the vicinity of, PAitzcuaro. +We were housed in two cottages kindly made available by Sr. Efrain +Buenrostro, in Campo Turista Janitzio, 200 meters northwest of the +railroad station in Colonia RevoluciA cubedn. The shore of Lake PAitzcuaro, +the cultivated fields surrounded by stone fences, and the oak and pine +forests roundabout provided varied habitats. + +From March 16 to 23 we collected in the territory 1 to 6 miles south +of TacAimbaro, making our headquarters in the Europa Hotel, in the +town. The steep main street of TacAimbaro with native pines at the +upper end descends to plantings of bananas and sugar cane at the lower +end. Our collecting all was done below (south of) the town in the +semitropical country and none at all was done above (north of) the +town. + +From March 24 to 27 (three night's trapping) we collected in the +vicinity of Zamora, making our headquarters in rooms diagonally across +the street intersection from the Hotel Fenix. + +The resulting specimens, approximately 650 in number, were deposited +in the Museum of Vertebrate ZoA¶logy at the University of California at +Berkeley. + +A noteworthy coincidence is that on the very day, February 26, on +which we crossed the international border into MA(C)xico at Laredo, the +beginning of the new volcano, ParicutA-n, was announced in the daily +press. Our collecting of mammals in MichoacAin was nearly all done in +sight of the towering white plume of this rapidly heightening volcanic +cone and frequently our traps were thickly dusted with its wind-borne +ash. Our eagerness at that time to have stations established for +observing the effects on vertebrates of the deposition of ash, was +gratified in that Dr. Robert T. Hatt independently had the same idea +and such observations at appropriate places and times were begun by +him and staff members of the Museum of ZoA¶logy of the University of +Michigan. One of us, Villa, was privileged to share in these +observations in the spring of 1947. + +This continuing interest in the mammals of MichoacAin has made it seem, +to us, the more desirable to place on record our findings as to kinds +and occurrence of species. In doing this we have examined the +collections made previously on Cerro TancA-taro and vicinity by the +field party led by Mr. Harry Hoogstraal from the University of +Illinois and the Chicago Natural History Museum. The specimens of +mammals collected by this field party are in the Chicago Natural +History Museum and we are obliged to Mr. Karl P. Schmidt, Mr. Colin C. +Sanborn and the late Dr. Wilfred H. Osgood for the privilege of +studying this material. + +Drs. William H. Burt and Emmet T. Hooper, of the Museum of ZoA¶logy of +the University of Michigan, lent to us for examination five specimens +of bats, of as many species, which they had taken in MichoacAin. Drs. +Remington Kellogg and Henry W. Setzer have provided us with data on +specimens of deer and peccary from MichoacAin which are in the United +States National Museum. Specimens in the Institute of Biology of the +University of MA(C)xico have been used. Financial provision by the Kansas +University Endowment Association has enabled us to obtain specimens +needed for comparison from other parts of MA(C)xico. + +In addition to the materials mentioned above we have used published +references to mammals of MichoacAin and have prepared the following +lists of kinds of mammals positively known to us to occur in the +Mexican state of MichoacAin. It is noteworthy that specimens recorded +in the literature from AcAimbaro, MichoacAin, no longer are to be +ascribed to MichoacAin, since a relocation of the boundary between the +states of MichoacAin and Guanajuato, places AcAimbaro in the latter +state. + +Our aims were: (1) To record kinds of mammals positively known from +the state, under the correct scientific name, and vernacular names in +English, Spanish, and Tarascan. The first Tarascan name is given in +the spelling used by Tarascans followed by the phonetic equivalent in +English in parentheses. (2) To indicate the geographic range of each +kind in the state, and, (3) To record miscellaneous information which +it is thought probably will be useful in one way or another to other +students whose work certainly will lengthen the list of kinds of +mammals known from MichoacAin and otherwise add to our knowledge of +them. + +Several kinds of bats, of which we lack records, certainly occur in +MichoacAin. Four or five kinds of cats (genus _Felis_), species of the +genera _Potos_, _Lutra_, _Tayra_, _Grison_, and several other kinds of +mammals of which we now lack positive record, also probably occur +there; the list of kinds, we expect, will number more than one hundred +species and subspecies when more intensive collecting has been done in +the state. In all, we have positive record of 85 kinds of native, wild +mammals of which specimens have been examined or recorded from +MichoacAin. Distances and elevations here are recorded either in the +metric system or in the English system, according to the system used +on the labels of the specimens concerned. Unless otherwise indicated, +catalogue numbers of more than 100,000 are of specimens in the +University of California Museum of Vertebrate ZoA¶logy and numbers of +less than 100,000 are of the Chicago Natural History Museum. + + [Illustration: FIG. 1. Map of the state of MichoacAin showing + place names mentioned in the text.] + + + + +ACCOUNTS OF SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES + + +=Didelphis mesamericana mesamericana= Oken + +Opossum; Spanish, Tlacuache; Tarascan, Ujkuri (Ukuri) + + _Did[elphys]. mesamericana_ Oken, Lehrbuch d. Naturgesch., + pt. 3, 2:1152, 1816, type from northern MA(C)xico. + + _Didelphis mesamericana_, Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., + 16:256, August 18, 1902. + +_Range._--Statewide. + +_Specimens examined_, 7: nos. 100063-100067, 100074, 51396, +distributed by localities as follows: PAitzcuaro (3 mi. N, 6,700 ft., +1; 2 mi. W, 6,700 ft., 2; 5 mi. S, 7,800 ft., 1), 4; TancA-taro, 1; +1-3/4 mi. S TacAimbaro, 5,700 ft., 1; 1 mi. E and 6 mi. S TacAimbaro, 1. + +_Remarks._--The coarse overhair is white all the way to the base in +three specimens but is black in its distal two thirds (white in basal +third) in four specimens. The overhair, six centimeters anterior to +the base of the tail, is 83 (80-85) mm. long in the three gray +specimens (those with white overhair) and 68 (64-72) mm. long in the +black specimens. The ears and all four feet are black. The tail is +black in its proximal half and white in its distal half except in one +specimen in which the distal half is almost as dark as the proximal +half. Of the two largest specimens, one is a female from 1-3/4 mi. S +TacAimbaro and the other, a male is from 6 mi. S of the same place. +Measurements are: Total length, [M] 810, [F] 786; length of tail, [M] +360, [F] 348; length of hind foot, --, 58; condylobasal length, 110.0; +99.6; zygomatic breadth, 68.5; 59.6; length of nasals, 59.7, 45.0. The +tail amounts to 48, 48 and 47 per cent of the total length in +specimens from PAitzcuaro; 50 per cent in one from TancA-taro; 45 and 44 +per cent in two from TacAimbaro. The subspecies _mesamericana_ probably +intergrades with _Didelphis virginiana virginiana_ by way of _D. m. +texensis_ and _D. v. pigra_, as Davis (1944:375) and other writers +suggest, in which case the proper name of the subspecies +_mesamericana_ would be _Didelphis virginiana mesamericana_. Until +intergradation is actually demonstrated, it seems best to use the name +_D. m. mesamericana_. + +Most of our specimens were caught in steel traps, at meat baits, set +for small carnivores. + + +=Marmosa canescens canescens= (Allen) + +Murine Opossum; Spanish, RatA cubedn Tlacuache + + _Didelphis (Micoureus) canescens_ Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. + Hist., 5:235, September 22, 1893, type from Santo Domingo + de Guzman, Isthmus of Tehuantepec, MA(C)xico. + + _Marmosa canescens_ Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 9:58, + March 15, 1897. + +_Range._--Below _Quercus_ belt, probably throughout western half of +state. + +_Specimen examined_, 1: no. 100062, 1 mi. E and 6 mi. S TacAimbaro, +4,000 ft. + +_Remarks._--The one unsexed subadult measures 5.5 mm. from Ml to M3 +inclusive, which measurement is near the minimum that Tate (1933: +table 1, Sec. 5) records for this subspecies but larger than the +maximum that he (_loc. cit._) records for the subspecies _sinaloae_ +which occurs to the northward of MichoacAin. Tate (_op. cit._:141) +lists two other specimens from Los Reyes. Our specimen was caught in a +mouse trap set in dry grass between a sugar cane field and a patch of +banana trees. + + +=Sorex saussurei saussurei= Merriam + +Saussure Shrew; Spanish, MusaraA+-a + + _Sorex saussurei_ Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 7:173, + September 29, 1892, type from north slope Sierra Nevada de + Colima, approximately 8,000 feet, Jalisco. + +_Range._--In and above _Quercus_ belt, probably throughout +northeastern half of state. + +_Specimens examined_, 14: nos. 8688, 52131-52141, 100076, 100077, +distributed by localities as follows: PAitzcuaro, 1; 4 mi. S PAitzcuaro, +7,800 ft., 2; Mount TancA-taro (7,800 ft., 8; 9,500 ft., 1; 9,600 ft., +1; 10,000 ft., 1), 11. + +_Remarks._--Two males from Mount TancA-taro, with much worn teeth, +catalogue nos. 52132 and 52138, measure, respectively, as follows: +Total length, 122, 114; length of tail, 46, 43; length of hind foot, +15, 14; condylobasal length, 18.4, 18.3; palatal length, 8.0, 7.3; +cranial breadth, 9.4, 9.2; least interorbital breadth, 3.7, 3.8; +maxillary breadth, 5.5, 5.5; maxillary tooth-row, 6.8, 6.7. The long +palate in no. 52132 and the broad brain case in both specimens appear +to be only individual variations or possibly variations correlated +with the advanced age of the two animals since in other features they +do not differ from specimens which are smaller in these two +dimensions. Jackson (1928:156) records specimens of this shrew from +Mount PatambAin and Nahuatzin. + + +=Cryptotis pergracilis pergracilis= (Elliot) + +Short-tailed Shrew; Spanish, MusaraA+-a Colicorta + + _Blarina pergracilis_ Elliot, Field Columb. Mus., publ. 71, + zoA¶l. ser., 3:149, February, 1903, type from Ocotlan, Jalisco, + MA(C)xico. + + _Cryptotis pergracilis pergracilis_, Miller, Proc. Biol. Soc. + Washington, 24:223, October 31, 1911. + +_Range._--Probably statewide. + +_Specimen examined_, 1: no. 1721 B. Villa R. from Colonia Ibarra, +PAitzcuaro. + +_Remarks._--Our one specimen, originally a mount, proves to have a +crushed brain case. The specimen was saved on March 10, 1944, by P. +Luna, who in March, 1943, told one of us (Hall) that many of these +shrews fell into the cement fish-rearing tanks at the biological +station situated at Colonia Ibarra, a suburb of PAitzcuaro, on the +shore of Lake PAitzcuaro. We are indebted to Dr. H. H. T. Jackson for +examining our specimen and assigning a name to it. + + +=Balantiopteryx plicata= Peters + +Sac-winged Bat; Spanish, MurciA(C)lago Sacoptero; Tarascan word for bat +is HuasA-s (Wasis) + + _Balantiopteryx plicata_ Peters, Monatsber. k. preuss. Akad. + Wiss. Berlin, p. 476, 1867, type from Puntaarenas, Costa Rica. + +_Range._--Statewide. + +_Specimens examined_, 2: nos. 52224, 52225, from Apatzingan, 1,040 ft. + +_Remarks._--This bat is a cave dweller, not infrequently found +roosting with other species. + + +=Glossophaga soricina leachii= (Gray) + +Long-tongued Bat; Spanish, MurciA(C)lago SiricotA(C)ro + + _Monophyllus leachii_ Gray, Voyage of the Sulphur, ZoA¶l., + 1:18, 1844, type from Realejo, Nicaragua. + + _Glossophaga soricina leachii_, Miller, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., + 46:419, December 31, 1913. + +_Range._--Statewide. + +_Specimens examined_, 4: nos. 11377, Univ. Kan., and alcoholic +specimens nos. 950-952 B. Villa R. field numbers, I. B. (specimens in +Instituto de BiologA-a, Univ. de MA(C)xico), distributed by localities as +follows: Hacienda El Sabino, MichoacAin, approximately 25 mi. S +Uruapan, 1; El Guayabo, 34 kms. S Uruapan, 3. + +_Remarks._--Specimens from El Guayabo were taken in a natural cave +which they shared with _Desmodus rotundus murinus_ and _Artibeus +planirostris planirostris_. + + * * * * * + +The length of the thumb averages 7.4 mm. (7.0 to 7.7). As compared +with _G. s. alticola_ from northeast Tlaxcala according to the +description given by Davis (1944:377), our specimens agree with +_alticola_ in length of thumb. In all other characters they correspond +to _leachii_. + + +=Choeronycteris mexicana= Tschudi + +Long-tongued Bat; Spanish, MurciA(C)lago Carilargo + + _Choeronycteris mexicana_ Tschudi, Fauna Peruana, p. 72, 1844, + type from MA(C)xico. + +_Range._--Statewide. + +_Specimens examined_, 4: nos. 100078-100081, from 2 mi. W PAitzcuaro, +7,700 ft. + +_Remarks._--A colony of 20 or more bats of this species was found in a +natural cave. Four were caught by hand as they flew about after we +disturbed them. We returned on the following day, but found that all +the bats had left. + + +=Leptonycteris nivalis nivalis= (Saussure) + +Leaf-nosed Bat; Spanish, MurciA(C)lago LengA1/4ilarga + + _M[=Ischnoglossa]. nivalis_ Saussure, Revue et Magasin de + ZoA¶logie, 12(ser. 2):492, November, 1860, type from near snow + line on Mount Orizaba. + + _Leptonycteris nivalis_, Miller, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, + 13:126, April 6, 1900. + +_Range._--Probably middle and higher altitudes through state. + +_Specimen examined_, 1: no. 91911, Univ. Michigan Mus. ZoA¶l., from +1050 m., 12 miles (on Huetamo Road) south of Tzitzio. + +_Remarks._--The subspecific name _L. n. nivalis_ is tentatively +applied to this specimen in the absence of an opportunity to compare +it directly with the holotype or topotypes of _Leptonycteris nivalis +yerbabuenae_ Martinez and Villa (1940:291). Unfortunately, the +materials on which this name, _L. n. yerbabuenae_, was based all were +destroyed in 1945 or 1946 while Villa was absent from the Institute of +Biology of the University of MA(C)xico. + + +=Artibeus planirostris planirostris= (Spix) + +Big Leaf-nosed Bat; Spanish, MurciA(C)lago Zapotero + + _Phyllostoma planirostre_ Spix, Simiarum et vespertilionum + Brasiliensium, p. 66, 1823, type from suburbs of Bahia, + Brazil. + + _Artibeus planirostris_, Dobson, Catal. Chiroptera, British + Mus., p. 515 (part), 1878. + +_Range._--Probably southwestern part of state. + +_Specimen examined_, 1: no. 945b B. Villa R., field no., I.B., El +Guayabo, 34 kms. S Uruapan. + +_Measurements._--Head and body, 89.0 mm.; total length of skull to +front of upper canines, 28.0; mastoid breadth, 15.5; zygomatic +breadth, 17.8; maxillary width across first upper molars, 13.2; +breadth across cingula of upper canines, 7.9; greatest length of one +ramus of lower jaw including anteriormost incisor tooth, 19.4; length +of upper tooth-row, anterior border of canine to posterior border of +M2, 10.4; length of lancet (nose-leaf), 9.0; width of lancet, 6.5; +width of horseshoe, 9.0; forearm, 57.3; 3rd metacarpal, 52.6; 1st +(basal) phalanx, 16.0; 2nd (middle) phalanx, 26.7; 3rd (distal) +phalanx, 18.5; 4th metacarpal, 50.7; 1st (basal) phalanx, 14; 2nd +phalanx, 18.8; 5th metacarpal, 54; 1st (basal) phalanx, 11.2; 2nd +phalanx, 13.2; lower leg, 22.9; foot with claws, 15.2; calcar, 6.5. + +_Remarks._--Our single specimen, a female, was caught on July 28, +1945, by my (B. Villa's) father, Andres Villa, in a natural cave, +roosting with the individuals of _Glossophaga s. leachii_. The +northernmost locality in MA(C)xico from which _A. p. planirostris_ +previously has been recorded is El Papayo, in the state of Guerrero +(Andersen, 1908:238), approximately 225 kilometers to the southward. +_A. p. planirostris_ and _Artibeus jamaicensis_ closely resemble each +other but _A. planirostris_ may be recognized by the presence of a +minute M3 which is absent in _A. jamaicensis_. Specimen no. 945b has +M3 present on both sides of the upper jaw. From _Artibeus hirsutus_, +known from La Salada, MichoacAin, approximately 40 miles north and +slightly to the east of El Guayabo, our specimen differs in the +apparently hairless tibia and interfemoral membrane. The measurements, +of no. 945b, recorded above, if compared with those given by Andersen +(1908:246) are seen mostly to fall within the range recorded for _A. +hirsutus_. Where measurements are outside this range, they fall within +the range of those of the larger _A. p. planirostris_. We recognize +that the Mexican species of _Artibeus_ are not well understood, at +least by us. + + +=Artibeus hirsutus= K. Andersen + +Leaf-nosed Bat; Spanish, MurciA(C)lago Zapotero + + _Artibeus hirsutus_ K. Andersen, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., + 18(ser. 7):420, December, 1906, type from La Salada, + MichoacAin. + +_Range._--Known from western part of state. + +_Remarks._--From MichoacAin, Andersen (1908:247) examined three +specimens, all from the type locality. + + +=Desmodus rotundus murinus= Wagner + +Vampire Bat; Spanish, Vampiro + + _D[esmodus]. murinus_ Wagner, Schreber's SAugethiere, Suppl., + 1:377, 1840, type from MA(C)xico. + + _Desmodus rotundus murinus_, Osgood, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., + publ. 155, zoA¶l. ser., 10:63, January 10, 1912. + +_Range._--Statewide, except rare or absent at higher altitudes. + +_Specimens examined_, 6: nos. 944-949 B. Villa R. field numbers, I.B., +El Guayabo, 34 kms. S Uruapan. + +_Remarks._--This species is colonial; usually it is found in large +numbers in favorite roosting sites, mainly in natural caves. Four of +our specimens, caught in July, are females and two are young males. +One, female, no. 944, has one embryo of 40 mm. in length. + + +=Myotis yumanensis lutosus= Miller and Allen + +Yuma Myotis; Spanish, MurciA(C)lago de Yuma + + _Myotis yumanensis lutosus_ Miller and Allen, U. S. Nat. Mus., + Bull., 144:72, May 25, 1928, type from PAitzcuaro, MichoacAin. + + _Myotis yumanensis_, Miller, N. Amer. Fauna, 13:67, October + 16, 1897. + +_Range._--Known only from PAitzcuaro and El Molino. + +_Remarks._--Originally recorded by Miller (1897:67) from PAitzcuaro, +the animals from central MA(C)xico were named as a new subspecies by +Miller and Allen (1928:72) who record one specimen from El Molino. + + +=Myotis velifer velifer= (Allen) + +Cave Bat; Spanish, MurciA(C)lago Vespertino + + _Vespertilio velifer_ J. A. Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. + Hist., 3:177, December 10, 1890, type from Santa Cruz del + Valle, Guadalajara, Jalisco. + + _Myotis velifer velifer_, Allen and Miller, U. S. Nat. Mus. + Bull., 144:89, May 25, 1928. + +_Range._--Statewide. + +_Specimens examined_, 17: nos. 100083-100099, from 3 mi. NW PAitzcuaro, +6,700 ft. + +_Remarks._--Our specimens were taken on March 12, 1943, from a crevice +in the wall of an abandoned chapel where 35 or more individuals of +both sexes were living. Miller (1897:59) records the species from +PAitzcuaro and Miller and Allen (1928:91) record it from there and also +from Lake Chapala, La Palma, AcAimbaro (now in Guanajuato) and +Negrete. + + +=Myotis thysanodes thysanodes= Miller + +Fringed-tailed Myotis; Spanish, MurciA(C)lago Colirugosa + + _Myotis thysanodes_ Miller, N. Amer. Fauna, 13:80, October 16, + 1897, type from Old Fort Tejon, Kern County, California. + +_Range._--Known only from PAitzcuaro. + +_Remarks._--In the original description five specimens are recorded +from PAitzcuaro and Miller and Allen (1928:127) mention the same +locality of occurence. + + +=Myotis californicus mexicanus= (Saussure) + +California Myotis; Spanish, MurciA(C)lago de California + + _V[espertilio]. mexicanus_ Saussure, Rev. et Mag. de ZoA¶l., 12 + (ser. 2):282, 1860, type from somewhere in the warmer part of + the state of MA(C)xico. + + _Myotis californicus mexicanus_, Miller, N. Amer. Fauna, + 13:73, October 16, 1897. + +_Range._--Known in MichoacAin only from PAitzcuaro. + +_Remarks._--Specimens from PAitzcuaro are recorded by Miller and Allen +(1928:160). + + +=Eptesicus fuscus miradorensis= (H. Allen) + +Big Brown Bat; Spanish, MurciA(C)lago Fusco + + _S[cotophilus]. miradorensis_ H. Allen, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. + Philadelphia, p. 287, 1866, type from Mirador, Veracruz. + + _Eptesicus fuscus miradorensis_, Miller, N. Amer. Land Mamm., + 1911, p. 62, December 31, 1912. + +_Range._--Probably statewide. + +_Specimen examined_, 1: no. 91909, Univ. Michigan, Mus. ZoA¶l., from +Rancho Escondido, one mile north of Apo, 6,000 feet elevation, June +29, 1947, female adult, taken by W. H. Burt. + + +=Lasiurus borealis mexicanus= (Saussure) + +Red Bat; Spanish, MurciA(C)lago Rojizo + + _A[talapha]. mexicana_ Saussure, Rev. et Mag. de ZoA¶l., + 13(2):97, March, 1861, type probably from Veracruz, Puebla + or Oaxaca. + + _Lasiurus borealis mexicanus_, Miller, N. Amer. Fauna, 13:111, + October 16, 1897. + +_Range._--Probably larger part of state. + +_Specimen examined_, 1: no. 89446, Univ. Michigan, Mus. ZoA¶l., from +Nuevo San Juan (Los Conejos), 5 mi. SW Uruapan, May 23, 1945, by W. H. +Burt. + +_Remarks._--This specimen, a male with much worn teeth, answers well +to the description of _L. b. mexicanus_ except that the minute +premolar between the canine and fourth premolar is missing on each +side of the upper jaw. This, however, seems the less remarkable after +examination of 18 skulls of _L. b. borealis_ from the United States in +two of which these minute premolars are likewise absent; one of the +two specimens from the United States has unworn teeth and the other +much worn teeth. + + +=Lasiurus cinereus cinereus= (Beauvois) + +Hoary Bat; Spanish, MurciA(C)lago Pardo + + _Vespertilio cinereus_ (misspelled _linereus_) Beauvois, + Catal. RaisonnA(C) Mus. Peale, Philadelphia, p. 18, 1796, + type locality, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. + + _Lasiurus cinereus_, H. Allen, Monogr. N. Amer. Bats, + Smithsonian Misc. Colls., 7(1): 12, June, 1864. + +_Range._--Higher elevations throughout state. + +_Specimen examined_, 1: no. 89456, Univ. Michigan Mus. ZoA¶l., from +Barranca Seca, May 6, 1945, adult male with much worn teeth, obtained +by W. H. Burt. + + +=Corynorhinus rafinesquii mexicanus= G. M. Allen + +Long-eared Bat; Spanish, MurciA(C)lago Narigudo + + _Corynorhinus megalotis mexicanus_ Allen, G. M., Bull. Mus. + Comp. ZoA¶l., 60:347, April, 1916, type from "near Pacheco," + Chihuahua. + + _Corynorhinus rafinesquii mexicanus_, Miller, U. S. Nat. Mus., + Bull., 128:83, April 29, 1924. + + _Corynorhinus macrotis pallescens_, Miller, N. Amer. Fauna, + 13:52, October 16, 1897. + +_Range._--Known from only PAitzcuaro. + +_Remarks._--Miller (1897:53) recorded one specimen from PAitzcuaro and +Allen (1916:349) merely alludes to Miller's record. + + +=Tadarida mexicana= (Saussure) + +Mexican Free-tailed Bat; Spanish, MurciA(C)lago Coludo + + _Molossus mexicanus_ Saussure, Rev. et Mag. de ZoA¶l., 12:283, + July, 1860, type from Cofre de Perote, 13,000 feet, Veracruz. + + _Tadarida mexicana_, Miller, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 128:86, + April 29, 1924. + +_Range._--Statewide. + +_Specimens examined_, 12: nos. 100100-100111, distributed by +localities as follows: 1 mi. N Zamora, 5,450 ft., 1; 3 mi. N +PAitzcuaro, 6,800 ft., 3; 3 mi. NW PAitzcuaro, 6,700 ft., 3; Isla +Janitzio, Lago de PAitzcuaro, 6,600 ft., 5. + +_Remarks._--This species is widespread in MA(C)xico, ranging from sea +level to high elevations as at the type locality. In MichoacAin most of +our specimens were shot as they flew about at early dusk. The five +from Isla Janitzio were shot as they clung to the roof of a cave along +with scores of other individuals of the same species. + + +=Eumops underwoodi underwoodi= Goodwin + +Mastiff Bat; Spanish, MurciA(C)lago Mastin + + _Eumops underwoodi_ Goodwin, Amer. Mus. Novitates, 1075:2, + June 27, 1940, type from El Pedrero, 6 km. N Chinaela, + approximately 3,000 ft. elevation, Dept. La Paz, Honduras. + +_Range._--Known only from TancA-taro Mtn. + +_Specimen examined_, 1: no. 89461, Univ. Michigan Mus. ZoA¶l., from +Rancho Escondido, 2 mi. N Apo, TancA-taro Mtn., [F] ad. with much worn +teeth, taken June 11, 1945, by W. H. Burt. + +_Remarks._--Selected measurements of this specimen are: Total length, +158; ear from notch, 32; mastoid breadth, 16.1; width across crowns +of M3, 12.6; maxillary tooth-row (from anterior face of canine above +cingulum to posterior face of M3), 11.8. The total length is less than +in _E. underwoodi_ or than in _Eumops sonoriensis_ Benson (1947:133); +the other measurements given above exceed those of _E. sonoriensis_ +and equal or approach those of _E. underwoodi_. The ears seem not to +be connected across the forehead; the color is near (_l_) Bister above +and slightly lighter on the underparts. + +The specimen is clearly intermediate in size, as it also is +geographically, between _Eumops underwoodi underwoodi_ Goodwin and +_Eumops underwoodi sonoriensis_ Benson and gives basis for arranging +these two named kinds as subspecies of a single species as Benson +(1947:134) suggested might prove to be necessary. We are not certain +whether this specimen should be referred to the subspecies +_underwoodi_ or _sonoriensis_ and probably this uncertainty will +remain until the range of individual variation in _underwoodi_ is +known. + + +=Procyon lotor hernandezii= Wagler + +Raccoon; Spanish, Mapache; Tarascan, ApAitze (Apatz) + + _Pr[ocyon] hernandezii_ Wagler, Isis, 24:514, 1831, type from + Valley of MA(C)xico, according to Nelson and Goldman (Proc. + Biol. Soc. Washington, 44:17, February 21, 1931). + + _Procyon lotor hernandezii_, Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. + Hist., 3:176, December 10, 1890. + +_Range._--Statewide. + +_Specimens examined_, 2: no. 100113 from 10 mi. ESE Zamora, 5,500 ft., +1; no. 52220 from 15 kms. W Apatzingan, 1,040 ft., 1. + +_Remarks._--In allusion to its habit of washing its food, in captivity +at least, before eating it, the Spanish speaking people often refer to +this species as _ositos labadores_. The specimen from 10 mi. ESE +Zamora is a skull without lower jaws or indication of sex. Because the +racoons damage corn in the roasting ear stage the animals are disliked +by the farmers, a score of whom sometimes band together in an +organized hunt to kill the animals. Dogs are especially trained to +hunt them. In MichoacAin no use is made of the pelts. + + +=Nasua narica molaris= Merriam + +Coati; Spanish, Pizote; Tarascan, AmAitze (Amatz) + + _Nasua narica molaris_ Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, + 15:68, March 22, 1902, type from Manzanillo, Colima; Goldman, + Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 55:79, June 25, 1942. + +_Range._--Probably all but higher parts of state. + +_Remarks._--We have no positive record of this animal which Goldman +(1942:79) writes "is widely distributed from Jalisco south through +Colima, MichoacAin, ... to southwestern Oaxaca." In the parts of +MichoacAin visited by us the Spanish name tejA cubedn instead of pizote was +used for this animal although in parts of MA(C)xico where the badger +(_Taxidea_) occurs, tejA cubedn is, we understand, the name used for the +badger. + + +=Bassariscus astutus consitus= Nelson and Goldman + +Ring-tailed Cat; Spanish, Cacomixtle + + _Bassariscus astutus consitus_ Nelson and Goldman, Jour. + Washington Acad. Sci., 22:487, October 19, 1932, type from + La Salada, 40 mi. S Uruapan, MichoacAin. + +_Range._--Probably greater part, or all, of state. + +_Specimen examined_, 1: no. 100112 from 3 mi. NW PAitzcuaro, 6,700 ft. + +_Remarks._--La Salada and three miles northwest of PAitzcuaro are the +two localities represented by actual specimens. A live animal, at +night, was seen one mile east and four miles south of TacAimbaro at +4,500 feet elevation. The young female from three miles northwest of +PAitzcuaro was trapped at a break in a stone fence. + +Ring-tailed cats live in the stone walls, crevices and rocky ledges, +around corn fields and pasture lands. + + +=Mustela frenata leucoparia= (Merriam) + +Weasel; Spanish, Comadreja; Tarascan, ApAisr or Apatzee (Apatz) + + _Putorius frenatus leucoparia_ Merriam, N. Amer. Fauna, 11:29, + June 30, 1896, type from PAitzcuaro, MichoacAin. + + _Mustela frenata leucoparia_, Miller, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., + 79:100, December 31, 1912. + +_Range._--Probably statewide. + +_Specimens examined_, 6: in Biological Surveys Collection of U. S. +Nat. Mus., nos. 120304, 125972, 34914/47179, 36855/49239, and +34915/47180; 2014 B. Villa R., I.B., distributed as follows: +Zamora, 1; Los Reyes, 1; PAitzcuaro, 4. + +_Remarks._--This subspecies of weasel is notable for having, among +American weasels of any kind, the maximum amount of white on the head. +When collecting at PAitzcuaro we saw no live specimens but were shown +several from there that had been recently mounted by P. Luna. He +regarded the animal as not especially rare. + + +=Spilogale angustifrons angustifrons= Howell + +Spotted Skunk; Spanish, Zorrillo Manchado + + _Spilogale angustifrons_ Howell, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, + 15:242, December 16, 1902, type from Tlalpam, D. F. + +_Range._--Probably all of state except low coastal area. + +_Specimen examined_, 1: no. 100126, 3 mi. NW PAitzcuaro, 6,700 ft. + +_Remarks._--The short tail of our specimen, an adult male, is +noteworthy as perhaps also is the breadth between the orbits. +External measurements are 338, 101, 39. It weighed 308 grams. +Selected cranial measurements are: Basilar length, 44.1; zygomatic +breadth, 32.4; postpalatal length, 26.6; least interorbital breadth, +13.8; height of cranium, 16.0. The specimen was trapped in a hole in a +stone fence. Howell (1906:23), under the name _Spilogale gracilis_, +recorded another male from PAitzcuaro. + + +=Mephitis macroura macroura= Lichtenstein + +Hooded Skunk; Spanish, Zorrillo or Mofeta Rayada; Tarascan, Cuitziqui +(Kweetzeke) + + _Mephitis macroura_ Lichtenstein, Darstellung Neuer oder wenig + bekannter SAugethiere pl. 46, 1832, type from mountains + northwest of MA(C)xico City. + +_Range._--Statewide. + +_Specimens examined_, 12: nos. 100114-100125, distributed with +reference to PAitzcuaro, as follows: 3 mi. NW, 6,700 ft., 1; 2 mi. W, +7,600 and 7,000 ft., 2; 3-1/2 mi. S, 7,900 ft., 1; 4 mi. S, 7,800 ft., +2; 5 mi. S, 7,800 ft., 5; 9 mi. SE, 8,000 ft., 1. + +_Remarks._--Skunk tracks were abundant in all localities around +PAitzcuaro. Most of our specimens were caught in steel traps, some +along the edges of cornfields, others along the highway and along the +pole fences. Tarascan friends at Colonia RevoluciA cubedn were eager to have +the bodies of the skunks which we caught. They regarded the skunks as +a delicacy and told us that this food was reputed to be good for a +person's blood and complexion. + + +=Conepatus mesoleucus nelsoni= Goldman + +Hog-nosed Skunk; Spanish, Zorillo Real + + _Conepatus mesoleucus nelsoni_ Goldman, Jour. Mamm., 3:41, + February 8, 1922, type from ArmerA-a (near Manzanillo), + Colima, 200 ft. altitude. + +_Range._--Probably greater part, or all, of state. + +_Specimen examined_, 1: no. 52217, TancA-taro, 6,000 ft. + +_Remarks._--The name _C. m. nelsoni_ is tentatively used for the +single skin, which is without skull or indication of sex. + + +=Urocyon cinereoargenteus colimensis= Goldman + +Gray Fox; Spanish, Zorra Gris; Tarascan, Cumihuaitz (Cumewatz) + + _Urocyon cinereoargenteus colimensis_ Goldman, Jour. + Washington Acad. Sci., 28:495, November 15, 1938, type + from 3 mi. W city of Colima, 1,700 ft. elevation. + +_Range._--Statewide. + +_Specimens examined_, 2: no. 100127, from 1 mi. E and 6 mi. S +TacAimbaro, 4,000 ft., and no. 51393 from Apatzingan. + +_Remarks._--The female from southeast of TacAimbaro, caught on March +20, 1943, had two embryos, 28 mm. in length. This female was trapped +near a small stream. Goldman (1938:497) reported 7 specimens of _U. c. +colimensis_ from the following localities in the state: La Huacana, 1; +La Salada, 2; Los Reyes, 1; Mount TancA-taro, 1; PAitzcuaro, 2. + + +PLATE 4 + + [Illustration: FIG. 1. Panoramic view of Lake PAitzcuaro.] + + [Illustration: FIG. 2. Stuffed skins, in dorsal view, of 6 + males of _Mephitis macroura macroura_, all trapped within + a radius of 5 miles of PAitzcuaro, to show the amount of + individual variation in color-pattern. A--1/10. Photo by + W. C. Matthews.] + + +PLATE 5 + + [Illustration: FIG. 1. Ungrazed pasture with oaks on slope of + El Estribo, 7,700 feet elevation, two miles west of the town + of PAitzcuaro, MichoacAin. Several species of rodents, _Liomys_, + _Sigmodon_, and _Peromyscus_ were taken abundantly in the + grass in the immediate foreground. Photo March 16, 1943, by + Mary F. Hall.] + + [Illustration: FIG. 2. Xerophitic vegetation, eleven miles west + of Zamora, MichoacAin. 5,750 feet elevation, where rodents + were trapped. Photo March 26, 1943, by Mary F. Hall.] + + +=Canis latrans cagottis= (Hamilton Smith) + +Coyote; Spanish, Coyote; Tarascan, JihuAitz (Hewatz) + + _Lyciscus cagottis_ Hamilton Smith, Jardine's Naturalist's + Library, Mamm., 9:164, 1839, type from RA-o FrA-o between + city of MA(C)xico and Puebla. + + _Canis latrans cagottis_, Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, + 45:224, November 26, 1932. + +_Range._--Probably most of state. + +_Remarks._--On March 27 or 28, 1943, in Morelia, at a gasoline filling +station, one of us (Hall) saw a freshly killed coyote tied on the +bumper of the automobile of a Medical Doctor. In response to inquiry +about the animal the Doctor said that he killed it some 15 miles +northeast of town. + + +=Lynx rufus escuinapae= Allen + +Bobcat; Spanish, Gato del Monte; Tarascan, MisA-cpAipu (misicpapu) + + _Lynx ruffus escuinapae_ Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., + 19:614, November 14, 1903, type from Escuinapa, Sinaloa. + +_Range._--Probably all of state above the Tropical Life-zone. + +_Specimen examined_, 1: no. 47818 (U. S. Nat. Mus., Biol. Surv. +Coll.), PAitzcuaro. + +_Remarks._--The skull of the male from PAitzcuaro agrees well with +those of topotypes of _L. r. escuinapae_ even to the elongate tympanic +bullae. Because of their elongation the bullae resemble, in some +degree, those of the ocelot. Natives told us that the gato del monte +was resident around PAitzcuaro. Four miles south of PAitzcuaro in a +cornfield at the edge of an area grown up to oak trees and brush, +tracks were seen that our Indian companion identified as those of the +gato del monte. + + +=Citellus variegatus variegatus= (Erxleben) + +Rock Squirrel; Spanish, Ardilla de Pedregal; Tarascan, KuarAiki +(Kuaraki) + + _[Sciurus] variegatus_ Erxleben, Syst. Regni, Anim., 1:421, + 1777; type locality fixed as Valley of MA(C)xico near the city + of MA(C)xico, by Nelson, Science, N. S., 8:898, December 23, 1898. + + _[Citellus] variegatus_, Elliot, Field Columb. Mus. Pub., + zoA¶l. ser. 4:148, 1904. + +_Range._--Probably in all semi-arid, rocky habitats of the state. + +_Specimens examined_, 11: nos. 100128-100135; 51385-51387, distributed +by localities as follows: 1 mi. N Zamora, 5,450 ft., 1; 3 mi. NW +PAitzcuaro, 6,700 ft., 5; 4 mi. S PAitzcuaro, 7,800 ft., 1; 1-1/2 mi. S +TacAimbaro, 5,700 ft., 1; Mount TancA-taro, 1; Pedregal, TancA-taro, 1; +TancA-taro, 1. + +_Remarks._--Rock squirrels were seen along rock fences, around +PAitzcuaro, where they are fairly common. On July 17 and 18, 1947, at +San Juan Parangaricutiro, one of us (Villa) saw these squirrels +running over the newly formed lava bed which was still emitting vapors +and which in places (between boulders) was emitting heat detectable by +the collectors. This is only additional evidence of the animal's +strong predilection for rocks, boulders and cliffs, which has earned +for it, in parts of the western United States, the vernacular name +"rock squirrel" and in MA(C)xico "_Ardilla de Pedregal_." + +Howell (1938:138) reported specimens from the following localities: +AcAimbaro, 1; Los Reyes, 1; Mount TancA-taro, 2; PAitzcuaro, 12; +QuerA(C)ndaro, 1; Zamora, 2. + + +=Citellus adocetus adocetus= Merriam + +Lesser Tropical Ground Squirrel; Spanish, Cuiniqui; Tarascan, KuarAiki +(Kuaraki) + + _Citellus adocetus_ Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, + 16:79, May 29, 1903, type from La Salada, 40 miles south + of Uruapan, MichoacAin. + +_Range._--Southern part of state in arid tropical land. + +_Specimens examined_, 4: nos. 52000, 52001, 51388, 51389, distributed +by localities as follows: "Near TancA-taro," 2; Acahuato, 1; +Apatzingan, 1,040 ft., 1. + +_Remarks._--Ground squirrels of this species are fairly abundant in +the arid tropical parts of the state. Their burrows are usually found +on stony areas along small ravines or under mesquite (_Prosopis +juliflora_) thickets. The name cuiniqui in use by the Spanish speaking +population is merely a corruption of the Tarascan name. Cuiniqui, +therefore, is a particular kind of _ardilla terrA-cola_ (ground +squirrel). + + +=Sciurus poliopus nemoralis= Nelson + +MichoacAin Squirrel; Spanish, Ardilla arborA-cola; Tarascan, UakuA- +(Wakqe) + + _Sciurus albipes nemoralis_ Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc, + Washington, 12:151, June 3, 1898, type from PAitzcuaro, + MichoacAin. + + _Sciurus poliopus nemoralis_ Nelson, Proc. Washington Acad. + Sci., 1:50, May 9, 1899. + +_Range._--Pine and oak forests of most of state. + +_Specimens examined_, 3: nos. 2102 and 2103 Louisiana State University +from 20 mi. E Morelia, 7,300 ft., and no. 1369 B. Villa R. from 1-1/2 +km. N San Juan 2,250 meters. + +_Remarks._--Tree squirrels of this kind have been reported by Nelson +(1899:51) from PAitzcuaro and Nahuatzin. + +The young specimen, no. 2102, [M], has the tail slender, resembling +somewhat that of the _S. p. senex_ from the southward. The underparts +of the female are Warm Buff, more clearly so on the underside of the +legs. + + +=Sciurus poliopus senex= Nelson + +MichoacAin Squirrel; Spanish, Ardilla ArborA-cola; Tarascan, UakuA- +(Wakqe) + + _Sciurus poliopus senex_ Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, + 17:148, October 6, 1904, type from La Salada, 40 mi. S + Uruapan. + +_Range._--Lowlands in southern part of state. + +_Specimens examined_, 3: nos. 52004, 52014, 52015, distributed by +localities as follows: TancA-taro, 6,000 ft., 1; Apatzingan, +1,040 ft., 2. + +_Remarks._--Specimen number 52014, [M], represents the melanistic +phase of this subspecies. + +The upper parts of the hind legs in this specimen are slightly +grizzled. The upper side of the tail is vermiculated with whitish +and the underside of the tail is black. + + +=Thomomys umbrinus pullus= Hall and Villa + +Southern Pocket Gopher; Spanish, Tuza Serrana; Tarascan, +Cumu (Como) + + _Thomomys umbrinus pullus_ Hall and Villa, Univ. Kansas Publ., + Mus. Nat. Hist., 1:251, July 26, 1948, type from 5 miles + south PAitzcuaro, 7,800 ft., MichoacAin. + +_Range._--Known only from pine-covered rolling land three to five +miles south of PAitzcuaro. + +_Specimens examined_, 17: nos. 100136-100152, distributed by +localities as follows: 3 mi. S PAitzcuaro, 7,800 ft., 1; 4 mi. S +PAitzcuaro, 7,800 ft., 10; 5 mi. S PAitzcuaro, 7,800 ft., 6. + +_Remarks._--Most of these pocket gophers were caught in areas +supporting a good growth of pine trees in the same places where the +much larger pocket gopher, _Cratogeomys gymnurus_, lived. Concerning +the individual designated as the type specimen, H. H. Hall (field +notes) writes that when he was making an excavation to reveal the +gopher's burrow (5 inches below the surface), he dug deeper than was +necessary and broke into the burrow of a _Cratogeomys_ directly below. +Another of us (E. R. Hall) had the same experience where the burrow of +a _Thomomys_ was approximately six inches below ground and that of a +_Cratogeomys_ approximately 16 inches below the surface of the ground. +At the time this arrangement led us to wonder if _Thomomys_ was in +some sense a "parasite" on the larger _Cratogeomys_ by levying on food +stores, if _Cratogeomys_ has any, but we found no evidence that such +was the case and from our subsequent trapping concluded that the +two-story arrangement was accidental and not the rule. The habit of +burrowing at different levels probably was one factor which permitted +the two kinds of pocket gophers to live in the same area. The average +weight of these gophers was 86 grams in males and 74 grams in females, +or only an eighth as much as in _Cratogeomys_. + + +=Cratogeomys gymnurus imparilis= (Goldman) + +Plains Pocket Gopher; Spanish, Tuza Llanera; Tarascan, +Cumu (Como) + + _Platygeomys gymnurus imparilis_, Goldman, Jour. Mamm., 20:89, + February 14, 1939, type from PAitzcuaro, 7,000 ft., MichoacAin. + + _Platygeomys tylorhinus_ Merriam, N. Amer. Fauna, 8:167, pl. + 13, fig. 1, January 31, 1895. + +_Range._--PAitzcuaro and TacAimbaro, as now known. + +_Specimens examined_, 14: nos. 100153-100166, distributed by +localities as follows: 2 mi. W PAitzcuaro, 7,700 ft., 2; 3 mi. S +PAitzcuaro, 7,800 ft., 1; 4 mi. S PAitzcuaro, 7,800 ft., 1; 5 mi. S. +PAitzcuaro, 7,800 ft., 6; 9 mi. SE PAitzcuaro, 8,000 ft., 1; 1-3/4 mi. S +TacAimbaro, 5,700 ft., 1; 1-1/2 mi. S TacAimbaro, 5,700 ft., 2. + +_Remarks._--Burrows were common in cultivated fields and along the +roads and trails on the southern and southeastern side of Lake +PAitzcuaro. In the vicinity of TacAimbaro we noted burrows only in the +area between one and a half and two miles south of town where two +specimens were taken. As mentioned in the immediately preceding +account, the small _Thomomys umbrinus pullus_ and the large +_Cratogeomys_ were found in the same area. The color of our specimens +varies from Cinnamon-Brown through Prouts Brown and in some specimens +is Fuscous Black. + +Hooper (1946:397) has shown that the genus _Platygeomys_ is not +generically distinct from the earlier named _Cratogeomys_. From +independent study of specimens not examined by Hooper we have +satisfied ourselves that he is correct in synonymizing _Platygeomys_ +under _Cratogeomys_. Average and extreme weights of 4 of each sex from +2 to 5 miles south of PAitzcuaro are: [M], 683 (562-819); [F], 558 +(438-707) grams. + + +=Cratogeomys angustirostris= (Merriam) + +Plains Pocket Gopher; Spanish, Tuza Llanera; Tarascan, +Cumo (Como) + + _Platygeomys tylorhinus angustirostris_ Merriam, Proc. Biol. + Soc. Washington, 16:81, May 29, 1903, type from PatambAin, + 10,000 ft., MichoacAin. + + _Platygeomys angustirostris_, Goldman, Jour. Mamm., 20:90, + February 14, 1939. + +_Range._--Known only from the type locality. + + +=Cratogeomys varius= (Goldman) + +Plains Pocket Gopher; Spanish, Tuza Llanera; Tarascan, +Cumu (Como) + + _Platygeomys varius_ Goldman, Jour. Mamm., 20:90, February 14, + 1939, type from Uruapan, about 6,000 ft., MichoacAin. + +_Range._--Known only from the type locality. + +_Remarks._--Specimens from localities intermediate between Uruapan, +the type locality of _C. varius_, and the known localities of +occurence of _Cratogeomys gynmurus imparilis_ are much needed to +ascertain if _C. varius_ is specifically different from _C. g. +imparilis_, or merely subspecifically different. + + +=Zygogeomys trichopus tarascensis= Goldman + +MichoacAin Pocket Gopher; Spanish, Tuza de MichoacAin; Tarascan, +Cumu (Como) + + _Zygogeomys trichopus tarascensis_ Goldman, Proc. Biol. Soc. + Washington, 51:211, December 23, 1938, type from six miles + southeast of PAitzcuaro, 8,000 ft., MichoacAin. + + _Zygogeomys trichopus_ Merriam, N. Amer. Fauna, 8:196, + January 31, 1895. + +_Range._--"Known only from the upper slopes of the mountains in the +vicinity of the type locality" (Goldman, 1938:211). + +_Remarks._--As we drove an automobile from PAitzcuaro to TacAimbaro we +noted mounds made by pocket gophers along the road in the highest part +of the pass and supposed that these mounds were made by _Zygogeomys_ +although we took no specimens of any kind of pocket gopher in the +pass. + + +=Zygogeomys trichopus trichopus= Merriam + +MichoacAin Pocket Gopher; Spanish, Tuza de MichoacAin; Tarascan, +Cumu (Como) + + _Zygogeomys trichopus_ Merriam, N. Amer. Fauna, 8:196, pl. 6, + 14-18, January 31, 1895, type from Nahuatzin, MichoacAin. + +_Range._--Altitudinally from 6,000 feet to 11,800 feet on Mountains +TancA-taro, PatambAin, and at Nahuatzin. + +_Specimens examined_, 9: nos. 51970-51978, all from Mount TancA-taro, +distributed by altitude as follows: 6,000 ft., 5; 7,800 ft., 3; 10,500 +ft., 1. + +_Remarks._--The upper parts of specimens available to us are rich +Seal-Brown and glossy. The chin, and in most specimens, the upper side +of the hind feet are white; the irregular white patch of the throat is +present only in two young females, numbers 51974 and 51978. + + +=Liomys pictus plantinarensis= Merriam + +Western Spiny Pocket Mouse; Spanish, RatA cubedn Espinoso Occidental; +Tarascan word for mouse is JeyAiqui (Hayake) + + _Liomys plantinarensis_ Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, + 15:46, March 5, 1902, type from Plantinar, Jalisco. + + _Liomys pictus plantinarensis_, Goldman, N. Amer. Fauna, + 34:37, September 7, 1911. + +_Range._--Northwestern part of state in semitropical areas. + +_Remarks._--Goldman (1911:38) records specimens from Los Reyes, noting +that in some cranial features they suggest intergradation between _L. +p. plantinarensis_ and _L. p. parviceps_. + + +=Liomys pictus parviceps= Goldman + +Western Spiny Pocket Mouse; Spanish, RatA cubedn Espinoso Occidental + + _Liomys parviceps_ Goldman, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, + 17:82, March 21, 1904, type from La Salada, "40 miles south + of Uruapan, MichoacAin." + + _Liomys pictus parviceps_ Goldman, N. Amer. Fauna, 34:38-39, + September 7, 1911. + +_Range._--Southern part of state in semitropical and tropical areas. + +_Specimens examined_, 28: nos. 100185-100199, 52072-52084, distributed +by localities as follows: Apatzingan, 1,040 ft., 13; 1 mi. E and 2-1/2 +mi. S TacAimbaro, 4,700 ft., 4; 4 mi. S and 1 mi. E TacAimbaro, 4,500 +ft., 5; 1 mi. E and 6 mi. S TacAimbaro, 4,000 ft., 6. + +_Remarks._--Most measurements show a sexual dimorphism in this +subspecies. Adult males are 15 per cent larger in external +measurements except that the foot is approximately the same. Cranial +measurements average approximately 5 per cent larger in males except +that the breadth of the rostrum and length of the maxillary tooth-row +are slightly less. South and east of TacAimbaro our specimens all were +taken in dry semitropical country, where bananas and sugar cane were +the principal crops grown. This subspecies has been recorded also from +La Huacana, MichoacAin, as well as from La Salada, the type locality, +by Goldman (1911:39). + + +=Liomys irroratus jaliscensis= (Allen) + +Northern Spiny Pocket Mouse; Spanish, RatA cubedn NorteA+-o + + _Heteromys jaliscensis_ Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., + 22:251, July 25, 1906, type from Las Canoas, approximately + 20 mi. W ZapotlAin, 7,000 ft., Jalisco. + + _Liomys irroratus jalicensis_, Goldman, N. Amer. Fauna, 34:60, + September 7, 1911. + +_Range._--Northwestern part of state. + +_Specimens examined_, 3: nos. 120273-120275 (U. S. Nat. Mus.) from +Zamora. + +_Remarks._--As explained in detail by Hall and Villa (1948:254) these +specimens from Zamora are intergrades between _L. i. jaliscensis_ +and _L. i. acutus_ and with almost equal propriety could be referred +to either subspecies. + + +=Liomys irroratus acutus= Hall and Villa + +Northern Spiny Pocket Mouse; Spanish, RatA cubedn NorteA+-o + + _Liomys irroratus acutus_ Hall and Villa, Univ. Kansas Publ., + Mus. Nat. Hist., 1:253, figs. 4-6, July 26, 1948, type from + 2 mi. W PAitzcuaro, 7,700 ft., MichoacAin. + + _Liomys irroratus alleni_, Goldman, N. Amer. Fauna, 34:57, + September 7, 1911, part. + +_Range._--PAitzcuaro and vicinity. + +_Specimens examined_, 16: nos. 100170-100184 and 50356 (U. S. N. M.), +distributed, with reference to PAitzcuaro, as follows: 3 mi. NW, 6,700 +ft., 1; 2 mi. W, 7,700 ft., 5; 2 mi. W, 6,700 ft., 2; PAitzcuaro +itself, 1; 5 mi. S, 7,800 ft., 7. + +_Remarks._--None of the eight females contained embryos. Two adult +males weigh, in grams, 71.5 and 65.1; the average and extreme weights +for five adult females are 50.8 (44.8-61.8). + + +=Liomys irroratus alleni= (Coues) + +Northern Spiny Pocket Mouse; Spanish, RatA cubedn NorteA+-o + + _Heteromys alleni_ Coues, Bull. Mus. Comp. ZoA¶l., 8:187, + March, 1881, type from RA-o Verde, San Luis PotosA-, MA(C)xico. + + _Liomys irroratus alleni_ Goldman, N. Amer. Fauna, 34:56, + September 7, 1911. + +_Range._--Northeastern part of state. + +_Specimens examined_, 5: nos. 50325-50329 (U. S. Nat. Mus.) from +QuerA(C)ndaro. + +_Remarks._--The specimens from QuerA(C)ndaro are not typical of the +subspecies _L. i. alleni_ in that the shape of the interparietal bone +and width of the basisphenoid bone are almost exactly intermediate +between the conditions obtaining in typical _L. i. alleni_ and +topotypes of _L. i. acutus_. + + +=Reithrodontomys megalotis saturatus= Allen and Chapman + +Western Harvest Mouse; Spanish, RatA cubedn Orejudo + + _Reithrodontomys saturatus_ Allen and Chapman, Bull. Amer. + Mus. Nat. Hist., 9:201, June 16, 1897, type from Las Vigas, + Veracruz. + + _Reithrodontomys megalotis saturatus_, Howell, N. Amer. Fauna, + 36:36, June 5, 1914. + +_Range._--Northeastern part of state. + +_Specimens examined_, 12: nos. 100202-100212, 100273, from 1 mi. N +Zamora, 5,450 ft. + +_Remarks._--Howell (1914:37) referred nine specimens from Nahuatzin to +this race and two from the same place to the subspecies _R. m. +zacatecae_. Our specimens from Zamora agree with topotypes of _R. m. +saturatus_ and with specimens of that subspecies from the Valley of +MA(C)xico in dark color and large size. + +If our specimens of _Reithrodontomys megalotis_ are correctly +identified, subspecifically, _R. m. zacatecae_ ranges southward around +the western end of the geographic range of _R. m. saturatus_. + +Where _R. megalotis_ and _R. fulvescens_ occur together, we find the +skull of the latter to be distinguishable by: a median spine on the +posterior border of the hard palate (truncate in _R. megalotis_); an +S-shaped instead of a C-shaped pattern on the worn occlusal face of +the last lower molar; and two re-entrant angles, on the lateral side +on the worn occlusal surface of the third upper molar, reaching +halfway across the tooth whereas in _R. megalotis_ the anterior +re-entrant angle is wanting or extends less than a third of the way +across the crown surface of the tooth. + + +=Reithrodontomys megalotis zacatecae= Merriam + +Western Harvest Mouse; Spanish, RatA cubedn Orejudo + + _Reithrodontomys megalotis zacatecae_ Merriam, Proc. + Washington Acad. Sci., 3:557, November 29, 1901, type from + Valparaiso Mountains, Zacatecas. + +_Range._--From northwestern part of state south through its central +part. + +_Specimens examined_, 53: nos. 100217-100269; distributed by +localities, with reference to PAitzcuaro, as follows: 3 mi. N, +6,700 ft., 3; 3 mi. N, 6,800 ft., 1; 3-1/2 mi. S, 7,900 ft., 3; 4 mi. +S, 7,800 ft., 31; 5 mi. S, 7,800 ft., 9; 9 mi. SE, 8,000 ft., 6. + +_Remarks._--Howell (1914:40) has referred four specimens from PatambAin +to this subspecies, and our large series from the vicinity of +PAitzcuaro is also referred to _R. m. zacatecae_ because of small size +and reddish (less blackish) color. We lack typical specimens of _R. m. +zacatecae_ from the type locality for comparison and our knowledge of +_zacatecae_ is derived from Howell's (1914:39) description of it. + +Average measurements of 5 adult males of _R. m. zacatecae_ from the +PAitzcuaro area showing much wear on the teeth compared with those of +five specimens from the Zamora area, of corresponding sex and age of +_R. m. saturatus_ reveal the smaller size of _R. m. zacatecae_. Total +length, 157, 166; length of tail, 84, 84; length of hind foot, 19.6, +20.1; length of ear from notch in flesh, 14.8, 14.0; basilar length, +16.2, 16.6; length of nasals, 8.3, 8.5; zygomatic breadth, 11.1, 11.5; +mastoid breadth, 9.9, 10.2; breadth of rostrum, 3.8, 4.0; interorbital +construction, 3.2, 3.1; alveolar length of maxillary tooth-row, 3.5, +3.5; length of rostrum, 7.7, 8.0. + + +=Reithrodontomys fulvescens tenuis= Allen + +Fulvous Harvest Mouse; Spanish, RatA cubedn Moreno + + _Reithrodontomys tenuis_ Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., + 12:15, March 4, 1899, type from Rosario, Sinaloa. + + _Reithrodontomys fulvescens tenuis_, Howell, N. Amer. Fauna, + 36:45, June 5, 1914. + +_Range._--Western part of state. + +_Specimens examined_, 27: nos. 100213-100216, 100274-100277, +100293-100311, distributed by localities as follows: 11 mi. W Zamora, +5,750 ft., 2; 6-1/2 mi. W Zamora, 5,950 ft., 2; 6 mi. W Zamora, 5,950 +ft., 4; 1-1/2 mi. SSE TacAimbaro, 5,700 ft., 2; 1-3/4 mi. S TacAimbaro, +5,700 ft., 1; 1 mi. E and 2-1/2 mi. S TacAimbaro, 7; 4 mi. S and 1 mi. +E TacAimbaro, 4,700 ft., 5; 1 mi. E and 5 mi. S TacAimbaro, 4,000 ft., +1; 1 mi. E and 6 mi. S TacAimbaro, 4,000 ft., 3. + +_Remarks._--Of the 19 specimens from the vicinity of TacAimbaro, only +two have the underparts reddish as does _R. f. inexspectatus_. The +upper parts are less reddish than in _R. f. inexspectatus_ but more +reddish and less blackish than in _R. f. toltecus_ from the valley of +MA(C)xico or than in _R. f. toltecus_ from Zamora. The external +measurements and cranial measurements are less than in _R. f. +toltecus_ or _R. f. inexspectatus_ and are as small as, or even +smaller than, those of _R. f. tenuis_ to the northward or than those +of _R. f. nelsoni_ to the westward. Relying only on printed +descriptions of _R. f. tenuis_ and _R. f. nelsoni_, we are inclined to +refer our specimens to _R. f. tenuis_ although the reddish color, we +suppose, is evidence of intergradation with _R. f. nelsoni_ and _R. f. +inexspectatus_. + +The four skins from Zamora are gray, as opposed to reddish, both above +and below and in this respect they agree with the description of _R. +f. tenuis_. They are lighter-colored (grayer) than either _R. f. +toltecus_ or _R. f. inexspectatus_. The four specimens from Zamora are +larger than animals from the vicinity of TacAimbaro and average +slightly smaller than topotypes of _R. f. inexspectatus_. + +By identifying our specimens as _R. f. inexspectatus_ and _R. f. +tenuis_, we are left without any specimens that we, ourselves, have +examined, which are referable to the subspecies _R. f. toltecus_. The +specimens from Los Reyes which Howell (1914:47) referred to _R. f. +toltecus_ have not been seen by us, and we guess, on the criteria used +by us, that the animals would be referable to _R. f. tenuis_. Because +Dr. Emmet T. Hooper has a revisionary study of the Mexican +_Reithrodontomys_ underway, we have not attempted to bring together +all of the pertinent material from different collections as would be +required for an ideally thorough analysis of the geographic variation +in _Reithrodontomys megalotis_ and _Reithrodontomys fulvescens_. + +As illustrative of statements made concerning the average size of +_Reithrodontomys fulvescens_, the following measurements, all of +specimens with much wear on each of the molar teeth, are recorded. + +Table headings: + A: Number averaged or catalogue No. + B: Sex + C: Total length + D: Length of tail + E: Length of hind foot + F: Basilar length + G: Length of nasals + H: Zygomatic breadth + I: Mastoid breadth + J: Alveolar length of maxillary tooth-row + + ========================================================================= + LOCALITY A B C D E F G H I J + ------------------------------------------------------------------------- + Vall. Mex. 3 [M][M] 200 114 22.0 17.6 9.3 12.0 10.7 3.7 + PAitzcuaro 5 [M][M] 170 101 20.6 16.7 8.7 11.6 10.6 3.7 + Zamora 100215 [M] 153 82 19.0 15.9 7.8 10.9 10.3 3.5 + Zamora 100275 [M] 184 101 21.0 16.5 8.0 11.1 10.4 3.6 + TacAimbaro 5 [M][M] 159 91 19.4 15.5 8.0 10.5 9.6 3.3 + Vall. Mex. 3 [F][F] 184 103 21.0 16.6 8.7 11.4 10.6 3.6 + PAitzcuaro 5 [F][F] 182 104 21.6 16.8 8.6 11.6 10.5 3.6 + Zamora 5 [F][F] 159 91 19.0 16.0 8.4 11.4 10.0 3.5 + TacAimbaro 5 [F][F] 149 87 18.6 14.9 7.7 10.4 9.5 3.4 + ------------------------------------------------------------------------- + Note: [M] = Male and [F] = Female. + + +=Reithrodontomys fulvescens inexspectatus= Elliot + +Fulvous Harvest Mouse; Spanish, RatA cubedn Moreno + + _Rhithrodontomys inexspectatus_ Elliot, Field Columb. Mus. + zoA¶l. ser., 3:145, February, 1903, type from PAitzcuaro, + MichoacAin. + + _Reithrodontomys fulvescens toltecus_, Howell, N. Amer. Fauna, + 36:51, June 5, 1914, part. + +_Range_.--Central MichoacAin; limits of range unknown. + +_Specimens examined_, 15: nos. 100278-100292, distributed by +localities as follows: 3 mi. N PAitzcuaro, 6,800 ft., 6; 3 mi. NW +PAitzcuaro, 6,700 ft., 3; 2 mi. W PAitzcuaro, 7,600 ft., 2; 2 mi. W +PAitzcuaro, 7,700 ft., 4. + +_Remarks_.--Howell (1914:51) made _R. inexspectatus_ Elliot a synonym +of _R. f. toltecus_ and perhaps we should follow him in this. The +facts are that in our large series from the vicinity of PAitzcuaro, the +upper parts are more reddish than in _R. f. toltecus_ from the valley +of MA(C)xico, and more reddish than in _R. f. tenuis_ if we correctly +interpret Howell's (_op. cit._,:45) description of _R. f. tenuis_. In +the color of the underparts the series is, to us, indistinguishable +from topotypical _toltecus_ and therefore has more reddish underparts +than _R. f. tenuis_, as we know _R. f. tenuis_, from Howell's (_loc. +cit._) description. In size, the series from PAitzcuaro is intermediate +between _R. f. tenuis_ and _R. f. toltecus_ but nearer the latter. + + +=Reithrodontomys chrysopsis chrysopsis= Merriam + +Volcano Harvest Mouse; Spanish, RatA cubedn Dorado + + _Reithrodontomys chrysopsis_ Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. + Washington, 13:152, June 13, 1900, type from Mount + Popocatepetl, MA(C)xico. + + _Reithrodontomys chrysopsis chrysopsis_, Howell, N. Amer. + Fauna, 36:66, June 5, 1914. + +_Range._--PatambAin, 1,200 feet elevation as now known. + +_Remarks._--Howell (1914:68) lists nine specimens from PatambAin. We +have not examined these specimens. He listed at the same time seven of +the specimens from TancA-taro, but we have found specimens from +TancA-taro to be of another subspecies, _R. c. seclusus_. Accordingly, +we are in doubt as to whether the mice from PatambAin are subspecies +_chrysopsis_, _seclusus_, or an unnamed subspecies and our use here of +the name _Reithrodontomys chrysopsis chrysopsis_ for them is, of +course, provisional. + + +=Reithrodontomys chrysopsis seclusus= Hall and Villa + +Volcano Harvest Mouse; Spanish, RatA cubedn Dorado + + _Reithrodontomys chrysopsis seclusus_ Hall and Villa, Proc. + Biol. Soc. Washington, 62: 163, August 23, 1949, type from + Mount TancA-taro, 7,800 ft., MichoacAin. + + _Reithrodontomys chrysopsis chrysopsis_, Howell, N. Amer. + Fauna, 36:66, June 5, 1914, part. + +_Range._--Known only from Mount TancA-taro, from 6,000 feet elevation +up to at least 11,000 feet. + +_Specimens examined_, 22: nos. 51407-51411, 52110-52126, all from +Mount TancA-taro, distributed by altitude as follows: 6,000 ft., 5; +7,800 ft., 10; 10,500 ft., 1; 11,000 ft., 1; no altitude recorded, 5. + +_Remarks._--The 22 specimens in the Chicago Natural History Museum are +remarkably uniform in color in spite of differences in age; 17 are so +young as to have the first upper molar only slightly worn and 5 are +adults. In preparing the original description of _R. c. seclusus_, +known only from specimens in the summer pelage, comparison of color +was made with only the winter pelage of _R. c. chrysopsis_ and it was +pointed out that the differences noted in color between the two +subspecies might be seasonal rather than subspecific. A summer +specimen of _R. c. chrysopsis_ (K. U. 17980, taken on June 15, 12 km. +ESE Amecameca, 11,500 ft.), is available as the present account is +being written. In direct comparison with the original material of _R. +c. seclusus_, all in summer pelage, and in comparison with a specimen +of _R. c. chrysopsis_ in winter pelage (January 18), from 30 km. E +Amecameca, the summer pelage of no. 17980 is more blackish than the +winter pelage and therein more closely resembles that of _R. c. +seclusus_. The same is true of the more sparsely haired tail. The +ears, however, are blackish as in winter-taken _R. c. chrysopsis_. +This feature and also the large size and different cranial proportions +of specimen no. 17980 are in accordance with the differences between +_R. c. chrysopsis_ and _R. c. seclusus_ as recorded in the original +description of the latter. + + +=Baiomys taylori analogus= (Osgood) + +Northern Pygmy Mouse; Spanish, RatA cubedn Pigmeo NorteA+-o + + _Peromyscus taylori analogus_ Osgood, N. Amer. Fauna, 28:256, + April 17, 1909, type from Zamora, MichoacAin. + + _Baiomys taylori analogus_, Miller, N. Amer. Land. Mamm., + 1911, p. 137, December 31, 1912. + +_Range._--Northwestern part of state. + +_Specimens examined_, 35: nos. 100331-100365, distributed by +localities as follows: 8 mi. N Zamora, 5,500 ft., 2; 11 mi. W Zamora, +5,750 ft., 1; 6-1/2 mi. W Zamora, 5,950 ft., 2; 4 mi. W Zamora, 5,450 +ft., 1; 3 mi. NW PAitzcuaro, 6,700 ft., 21; 3 mi. N PAitzcuaro, 6,800 +ft., 5; 2 mi. W PAitzcuaro, 6,700 ft., 3. + +_Remarks._--Osgood (1909:257) has recorded this subspecies also from +AcAimbaro and Los Reyes. We found that these animals got caught in our +traps almost as often in the daytime as at night and concluded that +they were less nocturnal, or at any rate more diurnal, than any of the +other cricetine mice at the places in MichoacAin where we trapped. + + +=Baiomys musculus musculus= (Merriam) + +Tropical Pygmy Mouse; Spanish, RatA cubedn Pigmeo Tropical + + _Sitomys musculus_ Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, + 7:170, September 29, 1892, type from Colima, Colima. + + _Peromyscus musculus_, Allen and Chapman, Bull. Amer. Mus. + Nat. Hist., 9:203, June 16, 1897. + + _Baiomys musculus_, Mearns, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull., 56:381, + April 13, 1907. + +_Range._--Dry, tropical, southwestern parts of state. + +_Specimens examined_, 41: nos. 100366-100406; distributed by +localities as follows: 1-3/4 mi. S TacAimbaro, 5,700 ft., 1; 1 mi. E +and 2-1/2 mi. S TacAimbaro, 4,700 ft., 11; 4 mi. S and 1 mi. E +TacAimbaro, 10; 1 mi. E and 5 mi. S TacAimbaro, 4,000 ft., 1; 6 mi. S +TacAimbaro, 4,000 ft., 4; 1 mi. E and 6 mi. S TacAimbaro, 4,000 ft., 14. + +_Remarks._--Osgood (1909:258) has recorded this subspecies also from +La Huacana and La Salada. Three adult males with much worn teeth +weigh, in grams, 8.3, 9.3, and 10.8. Weights of three adult, +nonpregnant, females are 8.1, 9.4, and 9.7. None of our 13 females was +pregnant. + + +=Peromyscus maniculatus labecula= Elliot + +Deermouse; Spanish, RatA cubedn Cuatralvo + + _Peromyscus labecula_ Elliot, Field Columb. Mus., zoA¶l. ser., + 3:143, February (March?), 1903, type from Ocotlan, Jalisco. + + _P[eromyscus]. s[onoriensis]. labecula_, Osgood, Proc. Biol. + Soc. Washington, 17:57, March 21, 1904. + +_Range._--Northwestern part of state. + +_Specimens examined_, 59: nos. 51402-51406, 52175, 52176, +100407-100447, 100484; and 1366-1368, 1370-1372, 1374-1377, of +Bernardo Villa R., distributed by localities as follows: TancA-taro, 7; +11 mi. W Zamora, 5,750 ft., 3; 2 mi. W PAitzcuaro, 7,700 ft., 4; 3-1/2 +mi. S PAitzcuaro, 7,800 ft., 2; 4 mi. S PAitzcuaro, 7,800 ft., 3; 5 mi. +S PAitzcuaro, 7,800 ft., 24; 9 mi. SE PAitzcuaro, 8,000 ft., 6; 1-1/2 +km. N San Juan, 2,250 M., 3; 1 km. NNE San Juan, 2,250 M., 7. + +_Remarks._--The zygomatic arches are less widely flaring in specimens +from TancA-taro than in those from PAitzcuaro. + + +=Peromyscus perfulvus= Osgood + +Marsh Mouse; Spanish, RatA cubedn BreA+-ero + + _Peromyscus perfulvus_ Osgood, Jour. Mamm., 26:299, November + 14, 1945, type from 10 kilometers west of Apatzingan, + 1,040 ft., MichoacAin. + +_Range._--Known only from the semitropical Life-zone in western +MichoacAin. + +_Specimens examined_, 5: nos. 100593, 100595, 100597, 100598, and +100600, all from 1 mi. E and 6 mi. S TacAimbaro, 4,000 ft. + +_Remarks._--J. R. Alcorn took these specimens between fields of sugar +cane in tall (5 ft. high) grass growing in a belt 10 feet or so wide +along side a stream, which a person could step across. The one adult, +no. 100597, was recognized at the time of capture as different from +any other species known to us, by reason of the long, unicolored, +sparsely-haired tail and nearly clear Cinnamon Rufous color above, +white underparts, white feet, and dark brown ears. The four other +specimens in darker immature pelage are plumbeous and cinnamon whereas +immature individuals of comparable age of _Peromyscus banderanus_ +caught in the same place are plumbeous above and lack the cinnamon +color. The immature animals of the two species differ in color more +than do the adults. Osgood (1945:300) has recorded eleven specimens +from the type locality. Our one adult weighs 52.4 grams. + + +=Peromyscus boylii evides= Osgood + +Brush Mouse; Spanish, RatA cubedn de Chaparral + + _Peromyscus spicilegus evides_ Osgood, Proc. Biol. Soc. + Washington, 17:64, March 21, 1904, type from Juquila, Oaxaca. + + _Peromyscus boylei evides_ Osgood, N. Amer. Fauna, 28:152, + April 17, 1909. + +_Range._--Northern part of state. + +_Specimens examined_, 22: nos. 100450-100471, distributed by +localities as follows: 1-1/2 mi. SSE TacAimbaro, 5,700 ft., 16; 1-3/4 +mi S TacAimbaro, 5,700 ft., 1; 1 mi. E and 2-1/2 mi. S TacAimbaro, 4,700 +ft., 5. + +_Remarks._--Osgood (1909:153) recorded 31 specimens from Los Reyes. +Weights recorded by the collectors of our specimens for 13 males from +the vicinity of TacAimbaro, are 24.8 (17.2-37.1) and for 9 females 25.0 +(20.0-31.5) grams. These weights include those of subadults as well as +those of adults. + + +=Peromyscus boylii levipes= Merriam + +Brash Mouse; Spanish, RatA cubedn de Chaparral + + _Peromyscus levipes_ Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, + 12:123, April 30, 1898, type from Mount Malinche, Tlaxcala. + + _Peromyscus boylei levipes_, Osgood, N. Amer. Fauna, 28:153, + April 17, 1909. + +_Range._--Probably central-eastern part of state. + +_Remarks._--Osgood (1909:155) records one specimen of this subspecies +from PAitzcuaro. + + +=Peromyscus hylocetes= Merriam + +Woods Mouse; Spanish, RatA cubedn Ocotero + + _Peromyscus hylocetes_ Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, + 12:124, April 30, 1898, type from PAitzcuaro, 7,000 feet, + MichoacAin; Osgood, N. Amer. Fauna, 28:159, pl. 3, fig. 8, + April 17, 1909. + +_Range._--Mountainous parts of state. + +_Specimens examined_, 24: nos. 100472, 100542, both from 9 mi. SE +PAitzcuaro at 8,000 feet altitude; 1358-1365 of Bernardo Villa R., from +Cerro CuritzarAin, 3.5 km. NNW San Juan, 2,200 M.; 52178, 52185, +52187-52192, 52197, 52198, 52203, 52213-52215, from TancA-taro at +elevations of 6,000 to 10,000 ft. + +_Remarks._--All of the specimens were taken in pine forest. The old +male from nine miles southeast of PAitzcuaro weighs 43.7 grams and the +younger male from there 35 grams. The adults from TancA-taro have +longer diastemae and some have the braincase more prolonged +posteriorly, than in specimens from the vicinities of San Juan and +PAitzcuaro but individual variation is considerable and we are unable +to differentiate some of the adults from TancA-taro from those from +elsewhere. + + +=Peromyscus truei gratus= Merriam + +PiA+-on Mouse; Spanish, RatA cubedn PiA+-onero + + _Peromyscus gratus_ Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, + 12:123, April 30, 1898, type from "Tlalpam," D. F. + + _Peromyscus sagax_ Elliot, Field Columb. Mus., Chicago, zoA¶l. + ser., 3:142, February, 1903, type from La Palma, MichoacAin. + + _Peromyscus pavidus_ Elliot, Field Columb. Mus., Chicago, + zoA¶l. ser., 3:142, February, 1903, type from PAitzcuaro, + MichoacAin. + + _Peromyscus zelotes_ Osgood, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, + 17:67, March 21, 1904, type from QuerA(C)ndaro, MichoacAin. + + _Peromyscus truei gratus_, Osgood, N. Amer. Fauna, 28:173, + April 17, 1909. + +_Range._--Northern part of state. + +_Specimens examined_, 42: nos. 100448, 100473-100483, 100485-100509, +8700, 8702, 8703, 8896, 8897, distributed by localities as follows: 8 +mi. N Zamora, 5,500 ft., 2; 11 mi. W Zamora, 5,750 ft., 11; 6-1/2 mi. +W Zamora, 5,950 ft., 4; 6 mi. W Zamora, 5,950 ft., 4; Rio Duaro, 9 mi. +E Zamora, 5,500 ft., 1; 3 mi. N PAitzcuaro, 6,800 ft., 1; 3 mi. NW +PAitzcuaro, 6,700 ft., 10; 1-1/2 mi. NW PAitzcuaro, 6,700 ft., 1; 2 mi. +W PAitzcuaro, 6,700 ft., 3; PAitzcuaro (Chicago Nat. Hist. Mus.), 5. + +_Remarks._--The ear measured from the notch is shortest, 19 (18-21), +at Zamora, intermediate, 21 (19-23), at PAitzcuaro, and longest, 21.8 +(20-23), at the type locality of _gratus_ in the Valley of MA(C)xico. + + +=Peromyscus melanophrys zamorae= Osgood + +Blackish Mouse; Spanish, RatA cubedn Obscuro + + _Peromyscus melanophrys zamorae_ Osgood, Proc. Biol. Soc. + Washington, 17:65, March 21, 1904, type from Zamora, + MichoacAin; N. Amer. Fauna, 28:187, April 17, 1909. + +_Range._--Northern part of state. + +_Remarks._--Insofar as we know, this mouse has been taken in MichoacAin +only at the type locality. + + +=Peromyscus banderanus banderanus= Allen + +Tarascan Mouse; Spanish, RatA cubedn Tarasco + + _Peromyscus banderanus_ Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., + 9:51, March 15, 1897, type from Valle de Banderas, Nayarit; + Osgood, Jour. Mamm., 26:300, November 14, 1945. + + _Peromyscus banderanus vicinior_ Osgood, N. Amer. Fauna, + 28:209, 210, April 17, 1909, part. + +_Range._--Northern and eastern parts of state. + +_Remarks._--Specimens from Los Reyes referred to the subspecies _P. b. +vicinior_ by Osgood (1909:209-210) were later characterized by Osgood +(1945:300) as agreeing with specimens from ZitAicuaro, and Osgood +(_loc. cit._) thought that those from both Los Reyes and ZitAicuaro +were not _P. b. vicinior_ but possibly _P. b. banderanus_. He had this +material set aside for further study when he showed it to one of us +(Hall) in 1945. It was his intention to revise the entire species (_P. +banderanus_) but so far we know never did this before his death. + + +=Peromyscus banderanus vicinior= Osgood + +Tarascan Mouse; Spanish, RatA cubedn Tarasco + + _Peromyscus banderanus vicinior_ Osgood, Proc. Biol. Soc. + Washington, 17:68, March 21, 1904, type from La Salada, + MichoacAin. + +_Range._--Hot valleys of western part of state. + +_Specimens examined_, 53: nos. 100543-100592, 100594, 100596, 100599, +distributed by localities, from TacAimbaro, as follows: 2-1/2 mi. S and +1 mi. E, 4,700 ft., 21; 4 mi. S and 1 mi E, 4,500 ft., 10; 6 mi. S, +4,000 ft., 6; 6 mi. S and 1 mi. E, 4,000 ft., 16. + +_Remarks._--There is much variation in size in our animals. The three +largest males weigh, in grams, 67.5, 50.3, 48.9 and corresponding +figures for the two heaviest, nonpregnant, females are 53.5 and 48.3 +grams. Of the 14 adult females, only one was recorded as having +embryos; it had two embryos each 24 millimeters in crown to rump +length. Where we trapped among big boulders and among the roots of +trees of the genus _Ficus_, _Peromyscus banderanus vicinior_ was the +only species of the genus taken. _Peromyscus boylii evides_ occurred +in the less tropical vegetation, altitudinally and zonally above _P. +b. vicinior_. + + +=Peromyscus melanotis= Allen and Chapman + +Black-eared Deermouse; Spanish, RatA cubedn MontaA+-ero + + _Peromyscus melanotis_ Allen and Chapman, Bull. Amer. Mus. + Nat. Hist., 9:203, June 16, 1897, type from Las Vigas, + 8,000 ft., Veracruz. + +_Range._--Higher mountains throughout state. + +_Specimens examined_, 33: nos. 51397-51401, 52142-52166, 52172-52174, +from TancA-taro. + +_Remarks._--The elevation recorded on the label of one specimen is +9,000 feet and on the labels of other specimens is no lower than +10,500 feet and on some is as high as 12,000 feet. The elevation of +capture is not recorded for two specimens. Osgood (1909:112) +previously recorded the species from 12,000 feet elevation on Mount +TancA-taro. + + +=Oryzomys couesi regillus= Goldman + +Tropical Rice Rat; Spanish, Rata Arrocera Tropical; Tarascan word for +rat is JeyAiquihuiri (Hayakewire), or Sarisi + + _Oryzomys couesi regillus_ Goldman, Proc. Biol. Soc. + Washington, 28:129, June 29, 1915, type from Los Reyes, + MichoacAin; Goldman, N. Amer. Fauna, 43:37, September 23, 1918. + +_Range._--Plateau region of Northeast MichoacAin. + +_Specimens examined_, 22: nos. 100601-100622, distributed by +localities as follows: 1 mi. N Zamora, 5,450 ft., 2; 4 mi. W Zamora, +5,450 ft., 1; 4 mi. S PAitzcuaro, 7,800 ft., 1; 1 mi. E and 6 mi. S +TacAimbaro, 4,000 ft., 18. + +_Remarks._--The tooth-row is longest in the specimens from Zamora, +shortest in those from TacAimbaro and intermediate in length in the one +specimen from PAitzcuaro. The shorter tooth-row at the lower elevation +(TacAimbaro), we interpret as intergradation with _Oryzomys couesi +mexicanus_. In color the specimens from TacAimbaro are, to us, +indistinguishable from those from Zamora and PAitzcuaro but the color +is notably darker than that of specimens from the vicinity of +Apatzingan which are here referred to the subspecies _Oryzomys couesi +mexicanus_. The largest male, fully adult from Zamora weighs 82.9 +grams and the largest one from the vicinity of TacAimbaro weighs 73.6 +grams. + + +=Oryzomys couesi mexicanus= Allen + +Tropical Rice Rat; Spanish, Rata Arrocera Tropical + + _Oryzomys mexicanus_ Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 9:52, + March 15, 1897, type from Hacienda San Marcos, 3,500 ft., + Tonila, Jalisco. + + _Oryzomys couesi mexicanus_, Goldman, N. Amer. Fauna, 43:33, + September 23, 1918. + +_Range._--Semitropical and tropical western part of the state. + +_Specimens examined_, 14: nos. 52018-52023, 52063-52070, from 1,040 +ft., 10 kms., W Apatzingan. + +_Remarks._--These specimens are notably paler and have shorter +tooth-rows than those referred to _O. c. regillus_. + + +=Oryzomys fulvescens lenis= Goldman + +Fulvous Rice Rat; Spanish, Rata Arrocera Pigmea + + _Oryzomys fulvescens lenis_ Goldman, Proc. Biol. Soc. + Washington, 28:130, June 29, 1915, type from Los Reyes, + MichoacAin; N. Amer. Fauna, 43:91, September 23, 1918. + +_Range._--Semitropical parts of state. + +_Remarks._--The type and one topotype so far as we know are the only +specimens of this species to have been obtained from the state. The +size is hardly larger than that of a large _Reithrodontomys_. + + +=Sigmodon melanotis= Bailey + +Fulvous Cotton Rat; Spanish, Rata Algodonera Leonada + + _Sigmodon melanotis_ Bailey, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, + 15:114, June 2, 1902, type from PAitzcuaro, 7,000 ft., + MichoacAin. + +_Range._--Central MichoacAin, as now known. + +_Specimens examined_, 8: nos. 100623-100626, 52089-52092, distributed +by localities as follows: 2 mi. W PAitzcuaro (7,400 and 7,700 ft.), 2; +3-1/2 mi. S PAitzcuaro, 7,800 ft., 2; TancA-taro, 6,000 ft., 4. + +_Remarks._--This species was taken along with the species _S. +hispidus_ two miles west of PAitzcuaro, and can be easily distinguished +from the latter by the dark reddish as opposed to grayish color of the +upperparts and by the shorter hind foot (less instead of more than +32.5 mm.). + + +=Sigmodon hispidus mascotensis= Allen + +Hispid Cotton Rat; Spanish, Rata Algodonera Setosa + + _Sigmodon mascotensis_ Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., + 9:54, March 15, 1897, type from San SebastiAin, near Mascota, + Jalisco. + + _Sigmodon hispidus mascotensis_, Bailey, Proc. Biol. Soc. + Washington, 15:108, June 2, 1902. + +_Range._--Larger part of state. + +_Specimens examined_, 4: nos. 100629, 3 mi. N PAitzcuaro, 6,700 ft.; +100630, 2 mi. W PAitzcuaro, 7,700 ft.; 100632, 1-3/4 mi. S TacAimbaro, +5,700 ft.; 100631, 6 mi. S and 1 mi. E TacAimbaro, 4,000 ft. + +_Remarks._--Bailey (1902:109) records a "very large" specimen from +QuerA(C)ndaro. Our specimens have shorter molariform tooth-rows than do +those from nearer the type locality, for example, those from Tuxpan, +Las Canoas, and Artenkiki, all three places in Jalisco. + + +=Sigmodon hispidus atratus= Hall + +Hispid Cotton Rat; Spanish, Rata Algodonera Setosa + + _Sigmodon hispidus atratus_ Hall, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, + 62:149, August 23, 1949, type from 6-1/2 mi. W Zamora, + 5,950 ft., MichoacAin. + +_Range._--Known only from Zamora and the type locality. + +_Specimens examined_, 2: nos. 100628 (the holotype), 6-1/2 mi. W +Zamora, 5,950 ft.; 120268 (U. S. Nat. Mus., Biol. Surveys Coll.), +Zamora. + +_Remarks._--When the present account first was prepared our specimen +from six and a half miles west of Zamora was tentatively referred to +_S. h. mascotensis_. Subsequently a second specimen, from Zamora, was +found. It agreed with the specimen from six and a half miles west of +Zamora. Inasmuch as the second specimen agrees with the first and +since each of the two differs from any previously described kind, a +name and description were published in time to be inserted in the +present account. From _S. h. mascotensis_, _S. h. atratus_ differs in +shorter hind foot, darker upper parts, more densely haired tail, +shorter skull, more convex dorsal longitudinal outline of skull, +posteriorly constricted anterior palatine foramina instead of +parallel-sided foramina, and shorter and less decurved anterior +process of maxillary arm of zygoma. + + +=Neotomodon alstoni alstoni= Merriam + +Volcano Mouse; Spanish, RatA cubedn de Los Volcanes + + _Neotomodon alstoni_ Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, + 12:128, April 30, 1898, type from Nahuatzin, 8,500 ft., + MichoacAin. + +_Range._--Higher mountains of state. + +_Specimens examined_, 22: nos. 52179-52184, 52186, 52193-52196, 52199, +52200, 52204-52212, all from Mount TancA-taro, distributed by +localities as follows: 7,800 ft., 5; 7,850 ft., 3; 10,000 ft., 4; +10,200 ft., 5; 10,500 ft., 1; 10,800 ft., 1; 11,000 ft., 2; 11,400 +ft., 1. + +_Remarks._--The taking of specimens on Mount TancA-taro extends the +known geographic range of _Neotomodon_ approximately 75 kilometers to +the southwestward; the westernmost locality previously known was +Nahuatzin, the type locality. + + +=Nelsonia goldmani= Merriam + +Dwarf Wood Rat; Spanish, Rata Montera Minuscula + + _Nelsonia goldmani_ Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, + 16:80, May 29, 1903, type from Mount TancA-taro, MichoacAin. + +_Range._--Known only from the type locality. + +_Remarks._--In the original description three specimens are recorded +from the type locality. + + +=Neotoma latifrons= Merriam + +White-throated Wood Rat; Spanish, Rata Montera Frentuda + + _Neotoma latifrons_ Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, + 9:121, July 2, 1894, type from QuerA(C)ndaro, MichoacAin. + +_Range._--Known only from the type locality. + + +=Neotoma ferruginea tenuicauda= Merriam + +Ferruginous Wood Rat; Spanish, Rata Ferruginosa + + _Neotoma tenuicauda_ Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, + 7:169, September 29, 1892, type from north slope of Sierra + Nevada de Colima, 12,000 ft., Colima. + + _Neotoma ferruginea tenuicauda_, Howell, N. Amer. Fauna, + 31:73, October 19, 1910. + +_Range._--Probably all but southern tropical part of state. + +_Specimens examined_, 4: nos. 100633 from 9 mi. SE PAitzcuaro, +8,000 ft., and 52177, 51390, 51391, from TancA-taro, the +elevation being given as 7,850 ft. on no. 52177. + +_Remarks._--Our one specimen from 9 miles southeast of PAitzcuaro was +caught in a small steel trap set at a meat bait. + + +=Microtus mexicanus salvus= Hall + +Mexican Meadow Mouse; Spanish, Metorito + + _Microtus mexicanus salvus_ Hall, Univ. Kansas Publ., Mus. + Nat. Hist., 1:426, December 24, 1948, type from Mount + TancA-taro, 11,400 ft., MichoacAin. + +_Range._--Known only from Mount TancA-taro at elevations of 7,800 to +11,400 feet. + +_Specimens examined_, 14: nos. 51412, 51413, 52093, 52095-52099, 52101, +52103-52107, all from Mount TancA-taro, distributed by elevations as +follows: 11,400 ft., 8; 11,000 ft., 2; 7,800 ft., 1; no elevation +recorded, 3. + + +=Microtus mexicanus fundatus= Hall + +Mexican Meadow Mouse; Spanish, Metorito + + _Microtus mexicanus fundatus_ Hall, Univ. Kansas Publ., Mus. + Nat. Hist., 1:425, December 24, 1948, type from 3-1/2 mi. S. + PAitzcuaro, 7,900 ft., MichoacAin. + +_Range._--Central part of state. + +_Specimens examined_, 59: nos. 100636-100694, distributed, with +reference to the town of PAitzcuaro, as follows: 3-1/2 mi. S, 7,900 ft., +9; 4 mi. S, 7,800 ft., 16; 5 mi. S, 7,800 ft., 26; 9 mi. SE, 8,000 ft., 8. + +_Remarks._--Of the 23 females, only one was pregnant. It had two +embryos. Average and extreme weights of ten adults of each sex, are: +males, 37.8 (31.5-48.2); females, 38.0 (31.0-48.6) grams. Our +specimens were trapped in well-defined runways beneath a rail fence +where there was a growth of grass sufficient to make a cover for the +runways. Bailey (1900:54-55) has recorded under the name _Microtus +mexicanus phaeus_ specimens from Nahuatzin which may be referable to +the subspecies _M. m. fundatus_. + + +=Mus musculus= subsp.? + +House Mouse; Spanish, RatA cubedn Casero + + _Mus musculus_ Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 1:62, 1758, + type from Upsala, Sweden. + +_Range._--Probably throughout state. + +_Specimens examined_, 4: nos. 100696-100699, of which one is from +TacAimbaro, 5,700 ft., and 3 are from 4 mi. S and 1 mi. E TacAimbaro, +4,500 ft. + +_Remarks._--In each of our specimens the belly is dark, approximately +as dark as the back. The specimens caught by us were living in the +wild; that is to say, they were not caught in and around buildings. +Elliot (1903:141) records the species from PAitzcuaro. + + +=Rattus rattus alexandrinus= (Geoffroy) + +Black Rat; Spanish, Rata Negra + + _Mus alexandrinus_ Geoffroy, Catal. Mammif. du Mus. Nat. + d'Hist., Paris, p. 192, 1803, type from Alexandria, Egypt. + + _R_[_attus_]. _rattus alexandrinus_, Hinton, Jour. Bombay Nat. + Hist. Soc., 26:63, December 20, 1918. + +_Range._--Probably throughout tropical and subtropical parts of state; +recorded also from PAitzcuaro. + +_Specimens examined_, 3: nos. 52027, 52033 from TancA-taro and 8909 from +PAitzcuaro. + +_Remarks._--These specimens answer well to the description of _R. r. +alexandrinus_ except that no. 8909, taken in May, 1901, by F. E. Lutz, +has yellowish underparts suggestive of _Rattus rattus frugivorous_. In +the town of TacAimbaro we saw a freshly killed rat of this species +which was all black. + + +=Sylvilagus floridanus subcinctus= (Miller) + +Florida Cottontail; Spanish, Conejo de Florida + + _Lepus floridanus subcinctus_ Miller, Proc. Acad, Nat. Sci. + Philadelphia, p. 386, October 5, 1899, type from Hacienda El + Molino, Negrete, MichoacAin. + + _Sylvilagus floridanus subcinctus_, Lyon, Smiths. Misc. Coll., + 45:336, June 15, 1904; Nelson, N. Amer. Fauna, 29:180, August + 31, 1909. + +_Range._--Northeastern part of state. + +_Remarks._--Nelson (1909:181) records specimens from AcAimbaro, +QuerA(C)ndaro and the type locality. + + +=Sylvilagus floridanus restrictus= Nelson + +Florida Cottontail; Spanish, Conejo de Florida + + _Sylvilagus floridanus restrictus_ Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc. + Washington, 20:82, July 22,1907, type from ZapotlAin, Jalisco; + Nelson, N. Amer. Fauna, 29:181, August 31, 1909. + +_Range._--Forested areas of non-tropical part of state except +northeastern part. + +_Remarks._--Nelson (1909:183) records specimens from Los Reyes, +PAitzcuaro and Mount TancA-taro. This species and the Mexican cottontail +are favorite small game for the rural peoples. + + +=Sylvilagus cunicularis cunicularis= (Waterhouse) + +Mexican Cottontail; Spanish, Conejo MA(C)xicano + + _Lepus cunicularis_ Waterhouse, Nat. Hist. Mammalia, 2:132, + 1848, type from Zacualpan (probably in state of MA(C)xico). + + _Sylvilagus cunicularis_, Nelson, N. Amer. Fauna, 29:239, + August 31, 1909. + +_Range._--Probably all of state except tropical coastal areas where +another subspecies of the same species probably will be found to occur. + +_Specimens examined_, 2: nos. 51965, 51966, from TancA-taro, one specimen +labeled as taken at 6,000 feet altitude. + +_Remarks._--Nelson (1909:241) has recorded this rabbit also from +PAitzcuaro. + + +=Lepus callotis= Wagler + +White-sided Jack Rabbit; Spanish, Liebre + + _Lepus callotis_ Wagler, Naturliches System der Amphibien, p. + 23, 1830, type from southern end of Mexican Tableland; Nelson, + N. Amer. Fauna, 29:122, August 31, 1909. + +_Range._--Approximately northeastern half of state. + +_Remarks._--Nelson (1909:124) records specimens from Los Reyes and +QuerA(C)ndaro; we did not see any animals of this species in our own +field work. + + +=Tayassu angulatus humeralis= Merriam + +Collared Peccary; Spanish, JabalA- del Collar; Tarascan, cuchjeramba +(cucheramba) or JuAiteanapu (whatalanapu) + + _Tayassu angulatus humeralis_ Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. + Washington, 14:122, July 19, 1901, type from ArmerA-a, Colima. + +_Range._--Approximately southwestern half of state. + +_Remarks._--Under date of October 11, 1948, Henry W. Setzer (_in +litt._) states that four specimens of this species, in the Biological +Surveys Collection in the United States National Museum, were taken at +La Salada, by Nelson and Goldman, and bear catalogue numbers 126156, +126157, 126158 and 126159. No. 126158 is a female taken on March 19, +1903. The other three specimens are males taken on March 17, 1903. We +did not see any animals of this species in our own field work, and the +only materials from MichoacAin actually examined by one of us (Hall) +are the skulls of nos. 126156 and 126158, referred to above, from the +Biological Surveys Collection. + + +=Odocoileus virginianus sinaloae= Allen + +White-tailed Deer; Spanish, Venado Cola Blanca; Tarascan, Asuni (Ashumi) + + _Odocoileus sinaloae_ Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., + 19:613, November 14, 1903, type from. Esquinapa, Sinaloa. + +_Range._--Probably statewide. + +_Remarks._--Through the courtesy of Dr. A. Remington Kellogg we learn +that in a manuscript on the deer of the _Odocoileus virginianus_ +group, he and the late Major E. A. Goldman had recorded specimens, in +the Biological Surveys Collection of the United States National +Museum, as follows: Nahuatzin, 8,500 ft., nos. 35924/48232, and +35925/48233; Los Reyes, 5,000 ft., no. 165673; PAitzcuaro, 7,000 ft., +no. 35535/47819; and Uruapan, 4,500 ft., no. 13060. We have not +anywhere seen the name combination _Odocoileus virginianus sinaloae_ +but from the original description we judge that _Odocoileus sinaloae_ +is to be arranged as a geographic race of the wide-ranging species +_Odocoileus virginianus_ as that species is now understood. + + +=Dasypus novemcinctus mexicanus= Peters + +Nine-banded Armadillo; Spanish, Armadillo; Tarascan, IsA-ngu (Esinga) + + _Dasypus novemcinctus mexicanus_ Peters, Monatsber. k. preuss. + Akad. Wissensch. Berlin, p. 180, 1864 (name restricted by + Bailey, N. Amer. Fauna, 25:52, October 24, 1905, to the + subspecies occurring at Colima). + +_Range._--Probably statewide. + +_Specimens examined_, 2; nos. 51392 from TancA-taro and 51964 from +Apatzingan, 1,040 ft. + +_Remarks._--The female from TancA-taro is immature as indicated by the +wide-open sutures between the bones of the skull which in over-all +length is only 72.8 mm. The male from TancA-taro is older and the +over-all length of the skull is 98.33 mm. Geographic considerations +alone are responsible for our use of the subspecific name _mexicanus_; +we do not know the morphological features which distinguish +_mexicanus_ from other named subspecies. + + + + +LITERATURE CITED + + +ANDERSEN, K. + + 1908. A monograph of the Chiropteran genera, _Uroderma_, + _Enchisthenes_, and _Artibeus_. Proc. ZoA¶l. Soc. London, + for 1908:204-319, text figs. 40-58. + + +ALLEN, G. M. + + 1916. Bats of the genus Corynorhinus. Bull. Mus. Comp. ZoA¶l., + Harvard College, 60:333-356, 1 pl., April, 1916. + + +BAILEY, V. + + 1900. Revision of American voles of the genus Microtus. N. Amer. + Fauna, 17:1-88, 5 pls., 17 figs. in text, June 6, 1900. + + 1902. Synopsis of the North American Species of _Sigmodon_. Proc. + Biol. Soc. Washington, 15:101-116, June 2, 1902. + + +BENSON, S. B. + + 1947. Description of a mastiff bat (genus _Eumops_) from Sonora, + Mexico. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 60:133-134, December 31, + 1947. + + +DAVIS, W. B. + + 1944. 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Apparently the two genera +names (Reithrodontomys and Rhithrodontomys) are both 'correct' spellings +for Harvest Mice. + +Numbers and fractional parts are displayed as follows: 1-3/4 = one and +three quarters; 3-1/2 = three and one half. + + +Typographical Corrections + + Page Correction + ==== ================ + 444 Fanua => Fauna + 447 costal => coastal + 451 Cumu => Como + + + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of An Annotated Check List of the Mammals +of Michoacan, Mexico, by Bernardo Villa R. and E. 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