NORTH AMERICAN RECENT MAMMALS. 3 



*Didelphis virginiana virginiana Kerr. 



1792. Didelphis virginiana Kerr, Anim. Kingd,, p. 193. 



1885. Didelphys virginiana True. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 7 



(1884), p. 587. 1885. 

 Type Locality. — Virginia. 



Range. — From the Great Lakes southward to Oklahoma, north- 

 - ern Texas, and nearly to the Gulf Coast; east to the lower 



Hudson Valle}' and Long Island. [California; introduced. 



See Grinnell, Calif. Fish and Game, vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 1-3, April 



10, 1915.] 



♦Didelphis virginiana pigra Bangs. 



1898. Didelphis virginiana pigra Bangs, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. 



Hist., vol. 28, p. 172. March, 1898. 

 Type Locality. — Oak Lodge, opposite Micco, Brevard County, 



Florida. 

 Range. — Florida, the lower coast region of Georgia, and the low 



Gidf Coast belt as far as western Louisiana. 



*Didelphis mesamericana mesamericana Oken. 



1816. Did[elphys] mes-americana, Oken, Lehrbuch d. Naturgesch., 

 pt. 3, vol. 2, p. 1152. 



1902. Didelphis mes-americana Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. 

 Hist., vol. 16, p. 256. August 18, 1902. 



Type Locality. — Northern Mexico. 



Range. — From the coast of southern Tamaulipas south to Guate- 

 mala and west to the Pacific coast of Sinaloa and Guatemala. 



t*Didelphis mesamericana texensis (Allen). 



1901. Didelphis marsupialis texensis Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. 

 Nat. Hist., vol. 14, p. 172. June 15, 1901. 



1902. Didelphis mes-americana texensis Allen, Bull. Amer. 

 Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 16, p. 256. August 18, 1902. 



Type Locality. — Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas. 

 Range. — The coast region of Texas from Nueces Bay southward, 



and the lower Rio Grande Valley, as far up the valley at least 



as Del Rio, Val Verde County. 



t*Didelphis mesamericana tabascensis (Allen). 



1901. Didelphis marsupialis tabascensis Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. 

 Nat. Hist., vol. 14, p. 173. June 15, 1901. 



1902. Didelphis mes-americana tabascensis Allen, Bull. Amer. 

 Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 16, p. 257. August 18, 1902. 



Type Locality. — Teapa, Tabasco, Mexico. 

 Range. — From the vicinity of Vera Cruz to Frontera, Tabasco, 

 and across the State of Chiapas to northern Guatemala. 



