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a certain little animal, like a squirrel (see Molina); also attested as a personal name (of a male, in the Matrícula de Huexotzinco), c. 1560
See an image that represents techalotl in the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities, 2020-present).
Auh in jnechichioal tlatoanj, in jtlaquen, iehoatl in jtilma, aço ocutocheoatl, aço tequanehoatl, aço oceloeoatl, cujtlacheoatl, anoço mjzeoatl: ioan mjtoa itechaloxuchiuh, icoçoiaoalol = And the array, the clothing, of the ruler [consisted of] his cape, perhaps of lynx skins, or wild animal skins, or ocelot skins, or wolf, or puma skins, and what was called his squirrel skin head piece, and his circular fan device of yellow parrot feathers. (central Mexico, sixteenth century)
Techalotl ihuan tuza (La ardilla y la tuza). Para robarse un elote la ardilla le aconseja a la tuza que roa la planta del maíz. Cae el elote, pero mientras se lo trata de llevar la tuza, se lo roba la ardilla." (Escuchado en Milpa Alta, D.F. Boas y Haeberlin, 1924, 349–350.)