1864. _Dasypus novemcinctus_ var. _mexicanus_ Peters,
Montsb. preuss Akad. Wiss., Berlin, p. 180, type from
Matamoros, Tamaulipas (see Hollister, Jour. Mamm., 6:60,
February 9, 1925).
1920. _D[asypus]. novemcinctus mexicanus_, Goldman, Smiths.
Misc. Coll., 69 (5):66, April 24.
_Distribution in Tamaulipas._--Probably state-wide except on
Mexican Plateau; presently known only from five localities.
A 13-pound female from four kilometers west-southwest of La Purisima
was captured after it was forced by the collector (Dalquest) and his
dog out of the burrow that was under a log. A young specimen examined
from seven kilometers southwest of La Purisima was captured by a dog. A
partial skeleton including the skull was picked up on the barrier beach
at a place 33 miles south of Washington Beach.
_Records of occurrence._--Specimens examined, 3 (see text
immediately above).
Additional records: Matamoros (Hollister, 1925:60); Rancho
del Cielo (Hooper, 1953:11).
=Sylvilagus brasiliensis truei= (J. A. Allen)