Neotoma albigula melanura Merriam.—Four specimens from northern Sinaloa, two (85379-80) from 3 mi. N, 1 mi. E San Miguel, 350 ft., and two (75386-87) from 2½ mi. N El Fuerte, provide the first records of the species from the state. N. a. melanura has been known previously from adjacent parts of Sonora and Chihuahua (see Hall and Kelson, 1959:687-688). The specimens from northeast of San Miguel were trapped in runways under cholla cactus, in which nests also were found, on a slope above a rocky arroyo.
Spilogale pygmaea Thomas.—Two pygmy spotted skunks from 5 mi. NW Mazatlán (85898-99) are the fifth and sixth of the species to be reported (see Van Gelder, 1959:381) and the second and third taken in Sinaloa (the holotype of pygmaea was obtained at Rosario). One of our specimens, an adult male, was shot on the night of January 10, 1961, as it foraged near an old hollow tree in weedy-thorn bush habitat adjacent to the Pacific Ocean. The hollow tree contained the nest of a woodrat. The second, an adult female, was trapped nearby in a commercial rat trap baited with peanut butter and set near a burrow in a forested area having little undergrowth.
The two individuals here reported fit fairly well the description of color pattern given for the species by Van Gelder (op. cit.: 379), but are larger (considering sex), externally and cranially, than any of the four specimens reported previously. Measurements of the male and female are, respectively: total length, 291, 270; length of tail, 65, 58; length of hind foot, 38, 35; length of ear from notch, 25, 23; weight in grams, 247.0, 190.5; condylobasal length, 46.0, 42.9; occipitonasal length, 45.0, 41.4; zygomatic breadth, 29.0, 27.3; mastoid breadth, 23.9, 22.5; interorbital constriction, 14.3, 13.6; postorbital constriction, 14.8, 14.1; palatilar length, 15.6, 14.6; postpalatal length, 23.2, 22.4; cranial depth, 16.6, 15.2; length of maxillary tooth-row, 14.2, 13.4. Cranial measurements were taken in the manner described by Van Gelder (op. cit.: 236-237).
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