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Taxonomic Notes on Mexican Bats of the Genus Rhogeessa
Five skins with skulls of Rhogeëssa, collected by J. R. Alcorn in the states of Sonora and Nayarit of western Mexico, were recently received at the Museum of Natural History of the University of Kansas. Two other specimens of the same genus, collected by Walter W. Dalquest in the state of Veracruz of eastern Mexico, […]
Author: Hall; E. Raymond Language: English Genre: Chiroptera30,1 KB ↓Download ↑Convert ♥Buy It
A Synopsis of the American Bats of the Genus Pipistrellus
Four nominal species of the genus Pipistrellus are currently recognized in North America. They are Pipistrellus subflavus (F. Cuvier) of eastern North America, Pipistrellus hesperus (H. Allen) of western North America, Pipistrellus veracrucis (Ward) from Veracruz, Mexico, and Pipistrellus cinnamomeus Miller from Tabasco, Mexico. In the past three years, specimens have been obtained in Veracruz […]
Author: Dalquest; Walter Woelber, Hall; E. Raymond Language: English Genre: Chiroptera40,0 KB ↓Download ↑Convert ♥Buy It
Pleistocene Bats from San Josecito Cave
Some of the Pleistocene mammals from San Josecito Cave, near Aramberri, Nuevo León, México, collected by field parties of the California Institute of Technology under the direction of the late Professor Chester Stock, have been reported previously (see Furlong, 1943; Cushing, 1945; Stock, 1950; Hooper, 1952; Findley, 1953; Stock, 1953; Handley, 1955; Jackway, 1958). In […]
Author: Jones; J. Knox Language: English Genre: Chiroptera73,1 KB ↓Download ↑Convert ♥Buy It
Noteworthy Records of Bats From Nicaragua
Nicaragua occupies a strategic position in Central America with respect to mammalian distributional patterns, but relatively little has been published concerning the fauna of the country and its zoogeographic relationships. The present paper records information on distribution, variation, and natural history of 40 species of bats from Nicaragua, 14 of which are here recorded for […]
Author: Jones; J. Knox, Smith; James Dale, Turner; Ronald W. Language: English Genre: Chiroptera106 KB ↓Download ↑Convert ♥Buy It
North American Yellow Bats ‘Dasypterus’
Yellow bats occur only in the New World and by most recent authors have been referred to the genus Dasypterus Peters. The red bats and the hoary bat, all belonging to the genus Lasiurus Gray, also occur only in the New World except that the hoary bat has an endemic subspecies in the Hawaiian Islands. […]
Author: Hall; E. Raymond, Jones; J. Knox Language: English Genre: Chiroptera246 KB ↓Download ↑Convert ♥Buy It
A New Subspecies of the Fruit-eating Bat
A New Subspecies of the Fruit-eating Bat, Sturnira ludovici, From Western Mexico The fruit-eating bats of the genus Sturnira are represented on the North American mainland by two species, S. lilium and S. ludovici. The former, in most areas the smaller of the two, is widely distributed in México and Central America and is common […]
Author: Jones; J. Knox, Phillips; Gary L. Language: English Genre: Chiroptera87,1 KB ↓Download ↑Convert ♥Buy It