A New Bat (Genus Pipistrellus) from Northeastern MexicoBaker, Rollin H. (Rollin Harold)
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A New Bat (Genus Pipistrellus) from Northeastern Mexico
Baker, Rollin H. (Rollin Harold)
Bats
_Pipistrellus subflavus clarus_ was taken along the Rio San Diego and
the Rio Sabinas, both tributaries of the Rio Grande, where park-like
stands of pecan, cypress, willow and other trees bordered these streams.
The species was not found at stock ponds or along stream courses in
adjacent places where such trees were absent. Funds for financing field
work were made available by the Kansas University Endowment Association
and the National Science Foundation.
_Measurements._--Measurements of the holotype and average and
extreme measurements of 5 adult females from the type locality,
including the holotype, are, respectively, as follows: Total
length, 85, 88.0 (85-92); length of tail vertebrae, 43, 40.8
(36-45); length of hind foot, 9, 9.4 (8.5-11); height of ear from
notch, 12, 12.6 (12-13); length of forearm, 33.8, 33.4 (32.9-33.8);
length of tibia, 14.8, 14.6 (14.5-14.8); greatest length of
skull, 13.3, 13.1 (12.7-13.3); condylobasal length, 12.6, 12.4
(12.1-12.6); breadth of braincase, 7.0, 6.8 (6.7-7.0); zygomatic
breadth, 8.1, 8.0 (7.8-8.2); mastoid breadth, 7.1, 6.9 (6.5-7.1);
length maxillary tooth-row, 4.5, 4.5 (4.4-4.6).
_Specimens examined._--Those from Texas are in the collection of
the United States National Museum, and those from Coahuila are in
University of Kansas Museum of Natural History. Total, 21. TEXAS:
Comstock, 1; Del Rio, 2. COAHUILA: 2 mi. W Jimenez, 850 ft., 15; 2
mi. S and 3 mi. E San Juan de Sabinas, 1160 ft., 3.
_Transmitted August 23, 1954._
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