Part 9

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

PLATE 5

=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)

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.