Part 5 (1/2)

_Range._--Probably most of state.

_Remarks._--On March 27 or 28, 1943, in Morelia, at a gasoline filling station, one of us (Hall) saw a freshly killed coyote tied on the b.u.mper of the automobile of a Medical Doctor. In response to inquiry about the animal the Doctor said that he killed it some 15 miles northeast of town.

=Lynx rufus escuinapae= Allen

Bobcat; Spanish, Gato del Monte; Tarascan, Misicpapu (misicpapu)

_Lynx ruffus escuinapae_ Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 19:614, November 14, 1903, type from Escuinapa, Sinaloa.

_Range._--Probably all of state above the Tropical Life-zone.

_Specimen examined_, 1: no. 47818 (U. S. Nat. Mus., Biol. Surv.

Coll.), Patzcuaro.

_Remarks._--The skull of the male from Patzcuaro agrees well with those of topotypes of _L. r. escuinapae_ even to the elongate tympanic bullae. Because of their elongation the bullae resemble, in some degree, those of the ocelot. Natives told us that the gato del monte was resident around Patzcuaro. Four miles south of Patzcuaro in a cornfield at the edge of an area grown up to oak trees and brush, tracks were seen that our Indian companion identified as those of the gato del monte.

=Citellus variegatus variegatus= (Erxleben)

Rock Squirrel; Spanish, Ardilla de Pedregal; Tarascan, Kuaraki (Kuaraki)

_[Sciurus] variegatus_ Erxleben, Syst. Regni, Anim., 1:421, 1777; type locality fixed as Valley of Mexico near the city of Mexico, by Nelson, Science, N. S., 8:898, December 23, 1898.

_[Citellus] variegatus_, Elliot, Field Columb. Mus. Pub., zool. ser. 4:148, 1904.

_Range._--Probably in all semi-arid, rocky habitats of the state.

_Specimens examined_, 11: nos. 100128-100135; 51385-51387, distributed by localities as follows: 1 mi. N Zamora, 5,450 ft., 1; 3 mi. NW Patzcuaro, 6,700 ft., 5; 4 mi. S Patzcuaro, 7,800 ft., 1; 1-1/2 mi. S Tacambaro, 5,700 ft., 1; Mount Tancitaro, 1; Pedregal, Tancitaro, 1; Tancitaro, 1.

_Remarks._--Rock squirrels were seen along rock fences, around Patzcuaro, where they are fairly common. On July 17 and 18, 1947, at San Juan Parangaricutiro, one of us (Villa) saw these squirrels running over the newly formed lava bed which was still emitting vapors and which in places (between boulders) was emitting heat detectable by the collectors. This is only additional evidence of the animal's strong predilection for rocks, boulders and cliffs, which has earned for it, in parts of the western United States, the vernacular name ”rock squirrel” and in Mexico ”_Ardilla de Pedregal_.”

Howell (1938:138) reported specimens from the following localities: Acambaro, 1; Los Reyes, 1; Mount Tancitaro, 2; Patzcuaro, 12; Querendaro, 1; Zamora, 2.

=Citellus adocetus adocetus= Merriam

Lesser Tropical Ground Squirrel; Spanish, Cuiniqui; Tarascan, Kuaraki (Kuaraki)

_Citellus adocetus_ Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Was.h.i.+ngton, 16:79, May 29, 1903, type from La Salada, 40 miles south of Uruapan, Michoacan.

_Range._--Southern part of state in arid tropical land.

_Specimens examined_, 4: nos. 52000, 52001, 51388, 51389, distributed by localities as follows: ”Near Tancitaro,” 2; Acahuato, 1; Apatzingan, 1,040 ft., 1.

_Remarks._--Ground squirrels of this species are fairly abundant in the arid tropical parts of the state. Their burrows are usually found on stony areas along small ravines or under mesquite (_Prosopis juliflora_) thickets. The name cuiniqui in use by the Spanish speaking population is merely a corruption of the Tarascan name. Cuiniqui, therefore, is a particular kind of _ardilla terricola_ (ground squirrel).

=Sciurus poliopus nemoralis= Nelson

Michoacan Squirrel; Spanish, Ardilla arboricola; Tarascan, Uakui (Wakqe)