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A New Subspecies of Bat (Myotis velifer) from Southeastern California

The first specimens of _Myotis velifer_ from California were taken in 1909 by C. L. Camp at Needles, San Bernardino County (Grinnell, Univ. California Publ. Zool., 12:266, March 20, 1914), and subsequently this bat was recorded from farther south in the lower Colorado River Valley at the Riverside Mountains, Riverside County (Stager, Jour. Mamm., 20:226, […]

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A New Long-eared Myotis From Northeastern Mexico

Long-eared bats obtained by field parties from the University of Kansas in the Mexican states of Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas, are found to belong to the species, _Myotis evotis_, but are not referable to any named subspecies. They are named and described as follows: #Myotis evotis auriculus# new subspecies Type._–Female, adult, skin and skull; […]

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A New Bat (Myotis) From Mexico

A single specimen of little brown bat from the northern part of the state of Veracruz seems to be of an heretofore unrecognized species. It is named and described below. Myotis elegans = new species Holotype._–Female, adult, skin and skull, No. 88398 Museum of Natural History, The University of Kansas; 12-1/2 mi. N. Tihuatlán, 300 […]

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A New Bat (Genus Leptonycteris) From Coahuila

In a collection of mammals obtained in Coahuila, México, there is a series of 24 long-nosed bats, _Leptonycteris nivalis_. These bats have a larger skull and a longer third finger than other bats of this species found to the south of Coahuila. On the basis of these distinctive characters, it seems appropriate to recognize these […]

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A New Bat (Genus Pipistrellus) from Northeastern Mexico

The eastern pipistrelle, _Pipistrellus subflavus_ (Cuvier) in the western part of its range, occurs along the Río Grande and its tributaries as far west as northern Coahuila and Val Verde County, Texas. Specimens from those places represent a heretofore undescribed subspecies which may be named and described as follows: #Pipistrellus subflavus clarus new subspecies# _Type._–Female, […]

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Neotropical Bats from Northern Mexico

Tropical fruit-eating bats of the genus _Artibeus_ reach their northern limits on the lowlands of the eastern and western coasts of México. Recent students have placed the species of Mexican _Artibeus_ in two groups; one includes bats of small size and one includes bats of large size (Dalquest, 1953:61; Lukens and Davis, 1957:6; and Davis, […]

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Extensions of Known Ranges of Mexican Bats

Incidental to studies of speciation of North American mammals, made possible by assistance from the National Science Foundation and the Kansas University Endowment Association, a number of bats have been taken beyond the limits of their previously known geographic ranges. Pending the completion of more detailed faunal accounts, these notes are published so that the […]

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An Annotated Checklist of Nebraskan Bats

The first mention of bats in Nebraska possibly was by Harrison Allen, in his “Monograph of the Bats of North America” (1864:14, 20, 30, 35, 42), who listed _Nycticejus crepuscularis_ [= _Nycticeius humeralis_], _Lasiurus borealis_, _Scotophilus carolinensis_ and _Scotophilus fuscus_ [both = _Eptesicus fuscus_], and _Scotophilus noctivagans_ [= _Lasionycteris noctivagans_], as collected in “Nebraska” (then […]

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Vertebrates from the Barrier Island of Tamaulipas

Lying between the Gulf of Mexico and the Laguna Madre de Tamaulipas is a narrow barrier island extending from the delta of the Rio Grande south for 140 miles to within 185 miles of Tampico, Tamaulipas. This island, like most of coastal Tamaulipas, has been all but neglected by zoological collectors. Consequently, little is known […]

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The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas

From Tamaulipas, the northeasternmost state in the Mexican Republic, 146 kinds of mammals, belonging to 72 genera, are here reported. Mammals that are strictly marine in habit are not included. The state is crossed in its middle by the Tropic of Cancer. Elevations vary from sea level on the Golfo de México to more than […]

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