Pleistocene Bats from San Josecito Cave, Nuevo Leon, MexicoJones, J. Knox
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Pleistocene Bats from San Josecito Cave, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Jones, J. Knox
Bats, Fossil; Paleontology -- Pleistocene
_Remarks._--The cranium of No. 3160 is inseparable from those of 10
spring-taken specimens of _L. c. cinereus_ from the San Gabriel Mts.,
Los Angeles Co., California (KU 49727, 49729-37). Measurements of No.
3160, followed by the average and extremes (in parentheses) of the
Californian series, are: Condylobasal length, 16.1, 16.5 (15.9-17.2);
zygomatic breadth, 12.3, 12.4 (12.0-12.7); least interorbital
constriction, 5.2, 5.4 (5.2-5.6); breadth of braincase, 8.7, 9.0
(8.5-9.3); length of palate not including terminal spine, 5.1, 5.3
(4.8-5.9). The teeth of the San Josecito specimen are comparatively
unworn. A label with the skull bears the notation "talus" in
parentheses, which, in so far as I am able to determine, indicates
surface talus inside the cave. Therefore, the specimen in question may
be of Recent origin.
It is perhaps worthy of note that Lasiurus cinereus is primarily a
tree-dwelling bat, although a few Recent specimens have been reported
from caves (see Beer, 1954:116).
_Corynorhinus tetralophodon_ Handley
A single cranium of a _Corynorhinus_ LACM (CIT) 2989 was included in
the original materials sent to Kansas by Professor Stock. Subsequently,
this specimen was loaned to Charles O. Handley, Jr., who described it
as a new species, _C. tetralophodon_. The latter is said to differ from
all other plecotine bats by the retention of a well-developed fourth
commissure (ridge extending posteroexternally from metacone) on the M3
(Handley, 1955:48).
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