Especímenes tipo de mamíferos mexicanos en el National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D. C., EUA

Abstract

LISTS OF TYPE SPECIMENES ARE USEFUL TO SYSTEMATISTS AND THEIR PREPARATION HAS BEEN ENCOURAGED BY THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF MUSEUM. A LIST OF TYPE SPECIMENS OF MAMMALS FROM MEXICO SEEMS PARTICULARLY APPROPRIATE FOR THIS VOLUME, BECAUSE OF THE ENORMOUS IMPACT ON THE SYSTEMATICS OF MEXICAN MAMMALS BY PROFESSOR BERNARDO VILLA R. THE MAMMAL COLLECTIONS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM CONTAIN 582 PRIMARY TYPES OF MAMMALS FROM MEXICO. THE FOLLOWING LIST CONTAINS 7 MARSUPIALS, 38 INSECTIVORES, 36 BATS, 3, MONKEYS, 1 ANTEATER, 21 LAGOMORPHS, 384 RODENTS, 63 CARNIVORES, 3 PNNIPEDS, 2 CETACEANS, AND 24 ARTIODACTYLS.