Tlacuatzin sinaloae (J.A. Allen, 1898)

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Tlacuatzin sinaloae (J.A. Allen, 1898)

TYPE MATERIAL AND TYPE LOCALITY: BMNH 98.3.2.161, the holotype by original designation, consists of the skin and skull of an adult male collected at Tatemales (ca. 23.00° N, 105.52° W), 10 Sinaloa state, Mexico.

SYNONYMS: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Tlacuatzin sinaloae occurs along the Pacific coast of northern Mexico and in adjacent inland valleys. Arcangeli et al. (2018) examined specimens from the Mexican states of Colima, Jalisco, Nayarit, and Sinaloa, but they said the species also occurs in Durango and Zacatecas.

REMARKS: A very brief morphological diagnosis and tabulated measurement data were provided by Arcangeli et al. (2018).