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Noteworthy Mammals from Sinaloa, Mexico By: J. Knox Jones (1929-1992) |
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UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS PUBLICATIONS MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY Volume 14, No. 12, pp. 145 159, 1 fig. in text May 18, 1962
Noteworthy Mammals from Sinaloa, Mexico J. KNOX JONES, JR., TICUL ALVAREZ, AND M. RAYMOND LEE
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAWRENCE 1962 UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS PUBLICATIONS, MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY Editors: E. Raymond Hall, Chairman, Henry S. Fitch,
Theodore H. Eaton, Jr. Volume 14, No. 12, pp. 145 159, 1 fig. in text Published May 18, 1962
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Lawrence, Kansas PRINTED BY
JEAN M. NEIBARGER, STATE PRINTER
TOPEKA, KANSAS 1962 29 3000
Noteworthy Mammals from Sinaloa, Mexico BY J. KNOX JONES, JR., TICUL ALVAREZ, and M. RAYMOND LEE
In several of the past twelve years field parties from the Museum of
Natural History have collected mammals in the Mexican state of Sinaloa.
Most of the collections contained only a modest number of specimens
because they were made by groups that stopped for short periods on their
way to or from other areas, but several collections are extensive. Field
work by representatives of this institution now is underway in Sinaloa
with the aim of acquiring materials suitable for treating the entire
mammalian fauna of that state. Among the mammals thus far obtained are specimens of twenty species that
represent significant extensions of known range, are of especial
taxonomic or zoogeographic interest, or that complement published
information, and it is these records that are reported herein. The following persons obtained specimens mentioned beyond: J. R. Alcorn
(1950); J. R. and A. A. Alcorn (1954 and 1955); R. H. Baker and a party
of students (1955); W. L. Cutter (1957); S. Anderson and a party of
students (1959); M. R. Lee (1960 and 1961); and J. K. Jones, Jr.,
accompanied by R. R. Patterson and R. G. Webb (1961). The Kansas
University Endowment Association and the American Heart Association
provided funds that helped to defray the cost of field operations. In the accounts that follow, all measurements are in millimeters and all
catalogue numbers refer to the mammal collection of the Museum of
Natural History, The University of Kansas. Placenames associated with
specimens examined are indicated on the accompanying map (Fig. 1). Notiosorex crawfordi (Coues). A non pregnant female (75184) was
obtained on November 29, 1957, at El Fuerte by W. L. Cutter. Comparison
of this specimen with topotypes of N. evotis (see below) and with
undoubted examples of N. crawfordi proves our specimen to be referable
to the latter. We presume that the shrew reported as evotis on
geographic grounds from El Carrizo by Hooper (1961:120) also is
referable to crawfordi . External measurements of our female are: total
length, 77; length of tail, 20 (tip missing); length of hind foot, 11;
length of ear from notch, 8; weight in grams, 4. Cranial measurements of
this individual are given in Table 1. [Illustration: FIG. 1. Map of Sinaloa on which are plotted symbols
representing placenames mentioned in text. From north to south, these
are: El Fuerte; San Miguel; Los Mochis; Guam['u]chil; Terrero; Pericos;
Culiac['a]n; El Dorado; Piaxtla and Camino Re['a]l (one symbol); P['a]nuco;
Mazatl['a]n; Matat['a]n; Rosario; Escuinapa; Concepci['o]n.] Notiosorex evotis (Coues). Four topotypes (85533 36), all males, were
collected by Lee at Mazatl['a]n. One was caught on December 17, 1960, in a
museum special trap set "in low weeds near thorn bush" in a sandy field
at the north edge of Mazatl['a]n, less than a mile from the ocean. A few
trees and some grasses grew in this area; Mus musculus and
Perognathus pernix were taken in the same line of traps... Continue reading book >>
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