The Recent Mammals Of Tamaulipas, Mexico Part 29

Surv. ..., 8(1):205, July 14, type from Llano Estacado, Texas, near boundary of New Mexico.

1895. _Taxidea taxus berlandieri_, J. A. Allen, Bull. Amer.

Mus. Nat. Hist., 7:256, June 29.

_Distribution in Tamaulipas._--Reported from only one locality, in northwestern part of state.

The skull examined, of an adult male, differs from Coahuilan and New Mexican skulls in having a broad rostrum, better developed sagittal and lambdoidal crests, and smaller tympanic bullae. The measurements are greater than those given by Schantz (1949:302) for _T. l. littoralis_ and it is for that reason that the skull examined is a.s.signed to _T. l.

berlandieri_.

_Measurements._--The adult male measured as follows: 710; 115; 110; 55; condylobasal length, 123.1; zygomatic breadth, 81.1; mastoid breadth, 75.5; interorbital constriction, 29.3; least pos...o...b..tal constriction, 27.6; length of maxillary tooth-row, 42.7; P4, length, 11.9, width, 10.7; M1, length, 11.7, width, 11.7; tympanic bulla, length, 23.3, depth (from basioccipital), 12.8.

_Record of occurrence._--One specimen examined from 12 mi. S San Carlos, 1300 ft.

=Taxidea taxus littoralis= Schantz

1949. _Taxidea taxus littoralis_ Schantz, Jour. Mamm., 30:301, August 17, type from Corpus Christi, Nueces Co., Texas.

_Distribution in Tamaulipas._--Known only from two localities in northeastern part of state.

_Records of occurrence._--One specimen examined from 33 mi.

S Was.h.i.+ngton Beach.

Additional record: Matamoros (Schantz, 1949:302).

=Spilogale putorius interrupta= (Rafinesque)

Eastern Spotted Skunk

1820. _Mephitis interrupta_ Rafinesque, Ann. Nat. ..., 1:3.

Type locality, Upper Missouri River?.

1952. _Spilogale putorious interrupta_, McCarley, Texas Jour. Sci., 4:108, March 30.

_Distribution in Tamaulipas._--From Sierra de Tamaulipas northward.

The young male from La Pesca weighed 480 grams. In the Sierra de Tamaulipas a lactating female was taken (June 9) in a steel trap. A young male from there weighed 275 grams. The young male from three miles north of La Pesca weighed 520 grams.

Specimens from Tamaulipas are a.s.signed to the subspecies _interrupta_ following Van Gelder (1959:270-279). He regarded specimens from Tamaulipas as intergrades between _S. p. interrupta_ and _S. p.

leucoparia_.

_Records of occurrence._--Specimens examined, 6: 9-1/2 mi.

SW Padilla, 1; 3 mi. N La Pesca, 1; La Pesca, 1; Rancho Santa Rosa, 2 km. N, 13 km. W Cd. Victoria, 260 m., 1; Sierra de Tamaulipas, 2 mi. S, 10 mi. W Piedra, 1200 ft., 2.

Additional records (Van Gelder, 1959:279): "Tamaulipas"; Cd.

Victoria.

=Mephitis mephitis varians= Gray

Striped Skunk

1837. _Mephitis varians_ Gray, Charlesworth's Mag. Nat.

Hist., 1:581. Type locality, Texas.

1936. _Mephitis mephitis varians_, Hall, Carnegie Inst.

Was.h.i.+ngton, Publ., 473:66, November 20.

_Distribution in Tamaulipas._--North half of state.

_Measurements._--An adult female from San Fernando measured as follows: 710; 360; 70; 30; basilar length, 56.2; condylobasal length, 64.2; zygomatic breadth, 41.3; interorbital constriction, 19.0; length of maxillary tooth-row, 20.7.

_Records of occurrence._--One specimen examined from San Fernando, 180 ft.

Additional records: Mier (A. H. Howell, 1901:32); Matamoros (_ibid._); 2 mi. up stream from Marmolejo (Dice, 1937:250).

=Mephitis macroura macroura= Lichtenstein

Hooded Skunk

1832. _Mephitis macroura_ Lichtenstein, Darstellung neuer oder wenig bekannter Saugethiere ..., pl. 46, type from mountains northwest of the city of Mexico.

1877. _Mephitis edulis_ Coues, Berlandier Mss., Fur-bearing Animals: ..., U. S. Geol. Surv. Territories, Miscl. Publ., 8:236. Type locality, "Inhabits most of Mexico. I have found it around San Fernando de Bexar...."

_Distribution in Tamaulipas._--West of Sierra Madre Oriental.

The two specimens from Jaumave are young; they were taken on different nights but in the same place. Weights of male and female, respectively, are 195 and 290 grams. The other three specimens, two young and an adult male, were brought to the collector (Bodley) by natives.

_Records of occurrence._--Specimens examined, 5: San Fernando, 180 ft., 2; Jaumave, 2400 ft., 2; Nicolas, 56 km.

NW Tula, 5500 ft., 1.

=Conepatus mesoleucus mearnsi= Merriam

Hog-nosed Skunk

1902. _Conepatus mesoleucus mearnsi_ Merriam, Proc. Biol.

Soc. Was.h.i.+ngton, 15:163, August 6, type from Mason, Mason Co., Texas.

_Distribution in Tamaulipas._--Probably western part of state, but presently known only from Nicolas.

The specimens herein a.s.signed to this species, represented by the skull only, differ conspicuously from those a.s.signed to _C. leuconotus_ only in breadth of M1.

_Measurements._--Measurements of a skull (s.e.x undetermined) from Nicolas are as follows: condylobasal length, 77.1; zygomatic breadth, 52.9; pos...o...b..tal constriction, 21.1; mastoid breadth, 43.7; length of maxillary tooth-row, 23.4; breadth of M1, 7.1.

_Records of occurrence._--Two specimens examined from Nicolas, 56 km. NW Tula, 5500 ft.