The specimen examined was shot at night at about 3:00 a. m. in the beam of a headlight in typical scrub "monte." The native name for this bobcat in Tamaulipas is "gato rabón."
Measurements.—A male, from Rancho Santa Rosa, measured as follows: 885; 170; 172; 71; condylobasal length, 105.2; interorbital constriction, 22.5; postorbital constriction, 34.6; zygomatic breadth, 83.5; squamosal constriction, 51.7; length of maxillary tooth-row (C-P2), 38.2; length of upper carnassial (outer side), 14.5.
Record of occurrence.—One specimen examined from Rancho Santa Rosa, 360 m.
Additional records: Matamoros (Baird, 1858:96); El Mulato (Dice, 1937:251).
Trichechus manatus latirostris (Harlan)
Manatee
1823. Manatus latirostris Harlan, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 3(1):394. Type locality, near the capes of East Florida.
1934. Trichechus manatus latirostris, Hatt, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 66:538, September 10.
Distribution in Tamaulipas.—Reported from mouth of Río Grande (Miller and Kellogg, 1955:791); probably extirpated in state.
Tayassu tajacu angulatus (Cope)
Collared Peccary
1889. Dicotyles angulatus Cope, Amer. Nat., 23:147, February, type from Guadalupe River, Texas.