HISTORY OF MAMMALOGY
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In Tamaulipas the first exploration directed in substantial measure toward finding out about the mammalian fauna, at least as far as I know, was made by Dr. L. Berlandier, who traveled mainly in the northern half of the state. His collections provided specimens of several previously unknown mammals, which were described by Baird (1858). The original manuscript of Berlandier never has been published. About 1880 Dr. E. Palmer collected mammals in the southern part of Tamaulipas, in the area around Tampico. The results of his exploration were reported by J. A. Allen (1881). E. W. Nelson and E. A. Goldman twice collected in Tamaulipas (Goldman, 1951). In 1898 they visited and collected mammals in the southern part of the state, around Tampico, Altamira, Victoria, Forlón, and Miquihuana. In 1901-1902 they visited the area between Nuevo Laredo and Bagdad, then went south to Soto la Marina and Victoria. From their collections several species and subspecies have been described. Between 1910 and the early 1920's little was done in the way of scientific exploration because of the Mexican Revolution.
From 1930 on, several expeditions yielded new information about the native mammals. In that year L. B. Kellum visited the Sierra San Carlos. The results were reported by Dice (1937). Another important collection from Tamaulipas was made by Marian Martin in the area of Gómez Farías. Mammals collected by her were reported by Goodwin (1954). Hooper (1953) also reported specimens from Gómez Farías but included in his report records of mammals collected in other areas as well. In 1950 E. R. Hall and C. von Wedel made a trip to the barrier beach in the northeastern part of the state and collected several kinds of mammals among which three were described as new by Hall (1951).
The report here presented is based upon specimens in the Museum of Natural History of The University of Kansas that were collected mainly by the persons named beyond. Gerd H. Heinrich and his wife Hilda collected in 1952 and 1953 in the areas around Miquihuana, Ciudad Victoria, Soto la Marina, Sierra de Tamaulipas, and Altamira. W. J. Schaldach collected in 1949 and 1950 in the Sierra Madre Oriental south of Ciudad Victoria; he returned to Tamaulipas in 1954 in company with V. Grissino and worked in the Sierra Madre Oriental south and north of Ciudad Victoria. In 1961 P. L. Clifton and J. H. Bodley collected in the northwestern part of the state and in the western part, around Tula, Nicolás, and Tajada. Some students and staff members of the Museum have occasionally collected in Tamaulipas.
As a result of all the mentioned expeditions and others, 32 species and subspecies have been described with type localities in Tamaulipas. They are:
Altamira
Lepus californicus altamirae Nelson
Sciurus aureogaster aureogaster (Cuvier) (by restriction)
Sciurus deppei negligens Nelson
Geomys tropicalis Goldman
Antiguo Morelos, 8 mi. N of
Tadarida laticaudata ferruginea Goodwin
Brownsville (Texas), 45 mi. from
Scalopus inflatus Jackson
Charco Escondido
Perognathus hispidus hispidus Baird
Neotoma micropus micropus Baird
El Carrizo
Peromyscus ochraventer Baker
Gómez Farías
Heterogeomys hispidus negatus Goodwin
Hacienda Santa Engracia
Oryzomys fulvescens engracia Osgood
Jaumave
Dipodomys ordii durranti Setzer
La Pesca, 1 mi. E of
Spermophilus spilosoma oricolus Alvarez
Matamoros
Cryptotis parva berlandieri (Baird)
Lasiurus intermedius intermedius (H. Allen)
Dasypus novemcinctus mexicanus Peters (by restriction)
Cratogeomys castanops tamaulipensis Nelson and Goldman
Felis yagouaroundi cacomitli Berlandier
Matamoros, 88 mi. S, 10 mi. W of
Lepus californicus curti Hall
Dipodomys ordii parvabullatus Hall
Sigmodon hispidus solus Hall
Mier
Canis latrans microdon Merriam
Miquihuana
Idionycteris mexicanus Anthony (Plecotus phyllotis)
Cratogeomys castanops planifrons Nelson and Goldman
Onychomys torridus subrufus Hollister
Neotoma albigula subsolana Alvarez
Odocoileus virginianus miquihuanensis Goldman and Kellogg
Rancho del Cielo, 5 mi. NW Gómez Farías
Cryptotis mexicana madrea Goodwin
Reithrodontomys megalotis hooperi Goodwin
Rancho Santa Ana, about 8 mi. SW Padilla
Oryzomys melanotis carrorum Lawrence
Sierra de Tamaulipas, 10 mi. W, 2 mi. S Piedra
Myotis keenii auriculus Baker and Stains
Sierra San Carlos, 12 mi. NW San Carlos
Peromyscus pectoralis collinus Hooper