The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, MéxicoAlvarez, Ticul
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The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, México
Alvarez, Ticul
Mammals -- Mexico -- Tamaulipas
1844. _Choeronycteris mexicana_ Tschudi, Untersuchungen über
die fauna Peruana ..., p. 72, type from México.
_Distribution in Tamaulipas._--East side of Sierra Madre in
southwestern part of state.
Specimens from La Mula were obtained in a small cave, which was
inhabited also by _Desmodus rotundus_ and _Tadarida brasiliensis_. The
specimens from Miquihuana were captured in a mine by a native. Those
from four kilometers north of Joya Verde also were taken from a mine.
Females obtained in August at La Mula were lactating.
Specimens examined are indistinguishable from _C. mexicana_ from Oaxaca
and Jalisco. Baker (1956:172) found no differences between Coahuilan
and Tamaulipan specimens. Most Tamaulipan specimens are dark grayish,
but some are brownish and some are intermediate between the two colors
mentioned. Fourteen adults weighed an average of 16.0 (12-18) grams.
_Records of occurrence._--Specimens examined, 19: 4 km. N
Joya Verde, 4000 ft., 3; La Mula, 13 mi. N Jaumave, 4; Cueva
La Mula, 10 km. W Joya Verde, 2400 ft., 2; Miquihuana, 6500
ft., 10.
=Mormoops megalophylla megalophylla= (Peters)
Peters' Leaf-chinned Bat
1864. _Mormops megalophylla_ Peters, Monatsb. preuss. Akad.
Wiss., Berlin, p. 381, type from southern México.
_Distribution in Tamaulipas._--Throughout state, except
possibly west of the Sierra Madre Oriental.
Specimens from the Sierra de Tamaulipas were taken in mist nets in
which _Pteronotus rubiginosus_, _Lasiurus borealis_, or _Centurio
senex_ also were captured. The specimen from Rancho Santa Rosa was shot
as it flew at a height of six feet.
Tamaulipan specimens of _Mormoops megalophylla_ are here assigned to
_M. m. megalophylla_ instead of to _M. m. senicula_ following Villa and
Jimenez (1961:503), who regarded _senicula_ as indistinguishable from
_megalophylla_.
Weight of four specimens from the Sierra de Tamaulipas averaged 16.2
(15-18) grams.
_Records of occurrence._--Specimens examined, 5: Sierra de
Tamaulipas, 3 mi. S, 16 mi. W Piedra, 1300 ft., 2; Sierra de
Tamaulipas, 3 mi. S, 14 mi. W Piedra, 1400 ft., 1; Sierra de
Tamaulipas, 3 mi. S, 10 mi. W Piedra, 1400 ft., 1; Rancho
Santa Rosa, 25 km. N, 13 km. W Cd. Victoria, 260 m., 1.
Additional records: Cueva de Los Troncones, 7.5 km. NNW, 3.5
km. S Cd. Victoria (Villa and Jimenez, 1961:503); Cueva de
Quintero, 15 km. SSW Cd. Mante (_ibid._); Tampico (Davis and
Carter, 1962:67).
=Micronycteris megalotis mexicana= Miller
Brazilian Small-eared Bat
1898. _Micronycteris megalotis mexicana_ Miller, Proc. Acad.
Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 50:329, August 2, type from
Platanar, Jalisco.
_Distribution in Tamaulipas._--Known only from Rancho Pano
Ayuctle (Goodwin, 1954:4). The single specimen of this
species presently known from Tamaulipas was shot while it
was roosting in a ranch house.
=Glossophaga soricina leachii= (Gray)
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