An Annotated Check List of the Mammals of Michoacán, México — John Shaqi
An Annotated Check List of the Mammals of Michoacán, MéxicoHall, E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond)
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An Annotated Check List of the Mammals of Michoacán, México
Hall, E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond)
Mammals -- Mexico -- Michoacán de Ocampo
_Remarks._--This species is colonial; usually it is found in large
numbers in favorite roosting sites, mainly in natural caves. Four of
our specimens, caught in July, are females and two are young males.
One, female, no. 944, has one embryo of 40 mm. in length.
=Myotis yumanensis lutosus= Miller and Allen
Yuma Myotis; Spanish, Murciélago de Yuma
_Myotis yumanensis lutosus_ Miller and Allen, U. S. Nat. Mus.,
Bull., 144:72, May 25, 1928, type from Pátzcuaro, Michoacán.
_Myotis yumanensis_, Miller, N. Amer. Fauna, 13:67, October
16, 1897.
_Range._--Known only from Pátzcuaro and El Molino.
_Remarks._--Originally recorded by Miller (1897:67) from Pátzcuaro,
the animals from central México were named as a new subspecies by
Miller and Allen (1928:72) who record one specimen from El Molino.
=Myotis velifer velifer= (Allen)
Cave Bat; Spanish, Murciélago Vespertino
_Vespertilio velifer_ J. A. Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat.
Hist., 3:177, December 10, 1890, type from Santa Cruz del
Valle, Guadalajara, Jalisco.
_Myotis velifer velifer_, Allen and Miller, U. S. Nat. Mus.
Bull., 144:89, May 25, 1928.
_Range._--Statewide.
_Specimens examined_, 17: nos. 100083-100099, from 3 mi. NW Pátzcuaro,
6,700 ft.
_Remarks._--Our specimens were taken on March 12, 1943, from a crevice
in the wall of an abandoned chapel where 35 or more individuals of
both sexes were living. Miller (1897:59) records the species from
Pátzcuaro and Miller and Allen (1928:91) record it from there and also
from Lake Chapala, La Palma, Acámbaro (now in Guanajuato) and
Negrete.
=Myotis thysanodes thysanodes= Miller
Fringed-tailed Myotis; Spanish, Murciélago Colirugosa
_Myotis thysanodes_ Miller, N. Amer. Fauna, 13:80, October 16,
1897, type from Old Fort Tejon, Kern County, California.
_Range._--Known only from Pátzcuaro.
_Remarks._--In the original description five specimens are recorded
from Pátzcuaro and Miller and Allen (1928:127) mention the same
locality of occurence.
=Myotis californicus mexicanus= (Saussure)
California Myotis; Spanish, Murciélago de California
_V[espertilio]. mexicanus_ Saussure, Rev. et Mag. de Zoöl., 12
(ser. 2):282, 1860, type from somewhere in the warmer part of
the state of México.
_Myotis californicus mexicanus_, Miller, N. Amer. Fauna,
13:73, October 16, 1897.
_Range._--Known in Michoacán only from Pátzcuaro.
_Remarks._--Specimens from Pátzcuaro are recorded by Miller and Allen
(1928:160).
=Eptesicus fuscus miradorensis= (H. Allen)
Big Brown Bat; Spanish, Murciélago Fusco
_S[cotophilus]. miradorensis_ H. Allen, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci.
Philadelphia, p. 287, 1866, type from Mirador, Veracruz.
_Eptesicus fuscus miradorensis_, Miller, N. Amer. Land Mamm.,
1911, p. 62, December 31, 1912.
_Range._--Probably statewide.
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