An Annotated Check List of the Mammals of Michoacán, México

by E. Raymond Hall; Bernardo Villa Ramírez

Range.—Statewide.

Specimens examined, 2: no. 100127, from 1 mi. E and 6 mi. S Tacámbaro, 4,000 ft., and no. 51393 from Apatzingan.

Remarks.—The female from southeast of Tacámbaro, 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 Tancítaro, 1; Pátzcuaro, 2.

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Fig. 1. Panoramic view of Lake Pátzcuaro.

Fig. 2. Stuffed skins, in dorsal view, of 6 males of Mephitis macroura macroura, all trapped within a radius of 5 miles of Pátzcuaro, to show the amount of individual variation in color-pattern. × ¹⁄₁₀.
Photo by W. C. Matthews.

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