An Annotated Check List of the Mammals of MichoacAin, MA(C)xico by Eugene Raymond Hall

INTRODUCTION

When General LAizaro Cardenas was President of the Republic of MA(C)xico, encouragement was given by his administration to linguistic groups of native American peoples to record in printed form, eventually in their native languages, accounts of their cultural accomplishments and accounts of the natural resources of the regions concerned. For the Tarascan "Empire" centering in the state of MichoacAin, a committee of Mexicans and citizens of the United States of America was formed to forward these aims. Under the leadership of ethnologists on the committee, especially Professor Daniel Rubin F. de la Borbolla and Professor Ralph L. Beals, invitations to coA¶perate in the studies were extended to biologists. One of us (Hall) was invited to investigate the fauna of native wild mammals.