Mammals Obtained by Dr. Curt von Wedel from
the Barrier Beach of Tamaulipas, Mexico
BY
E. RAYMOND HALL
University of Kansas Publications
Museum of Natural History
Volume 5, No. 4, pp. 33–47, 1 figure in text October 1, 1951
University of Kansas
LAWRENCE
1951
University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History
Editors: E. Raymond Hall, Chairman, A. Byron Leonard,
Edward H. Taylor, Robert W. Wilson
Volume 5, No. 4, pp. 33–47, 1 figure in text
October 1, 1951
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas
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FERD VOILAND, JR., STATE PRINTER
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1951
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Mammals Obtained by Dr. Curt von Wedel from the Barrier Beach of
Tamaulipas, Mexico
BY
E. RAYMOND HALL
WHAT species of mammals occur on the "coastal island", barrier beach, of Tamaulipas? Are the closest relatives of these mammals on Padre and Mustang islands of Texas, instead of on the mainland of Tamaulipas, or are the mammals on the barrier beach distinct from all others? These were questions that Dr. von Wedel of Oklahoma City and I asked ourselves in March of 1950 when we were in southern Texas. With the aim in mind of answering these questions, Dr. von Wedel arranged round-trip transportation, by air, for the two of us between Brownsville, Texas, and Boca Jesús María. The latter place is a "pass", tidal inlet, through the long barrier beach. The waters of the Gulf of Mexico and of the lagoon behind the beach flow back and forth with the changing tides through the inlet.