Part 21

=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.