The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, MéxicoAlvarez, Ticul
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The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, México
Alvarez, Ticul
Mammals -- Mexico -- Tamaulipas
One specimen examined (AMNH 146980) is distinctly larger than the
others here assigned to _A. aztecus_, but does not exceed the maximal
measurements given by Davis (_loc. cit._) for the species. This
specimen also has a narrower M2, and relatively and actually narrower
braincase than other specimens (see measurements).
Specimens from Rancho del Cielo were collected in a limestone cave in
the cloud forest. A female taken on July 2 carried a small embryo and
another obtained on August 14 had an embryo that appeared to be nearly
ready for birth.
_Measurements._--Respective external and cranial
measurements of three males (AMNH, uncatalogued) and a
female (AMNH 146980) are as follows: total length, 58, 65,
66, 73; length of hind foot, 13, 12, 12, 13; length of
forearm, --, 43, 40, 41; greatest length of skull, 21.6,
22.4, 21.5, 23.0; zygomatic breadth, 13.0, 12.8, 13.0, 12.4;
least interorbital constriction, 5.2, 5.7, 5.5, 6.0; length
of maxillary tooth-row, 7.0, 7.1, 6.9, 7.1; breadth of
braincase, 10.0, 9.8, 10.0, 9.5.
_Records of occurrence._--Specimens examined, 7, all from
Rancho del Cielo, 3300 ft., (AMNH).
=Enchistenes hartii= (Thomas)
Little Fruit-eating Bat
1892. _Artibeus hartii_ Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser.
6, 10:409, November, type from Trinidad, Lesser Antilles.
1908. _Enchistenes hartii_, Andersen, Proc. Zool. Soc.
London, 2:224, September 7.
_Distribution in Tamaulipas._--Known only from Aserradero
del Infernillo.
_Enchistenes hartii_ is known from Tamaulipas only by the cranium
reported by Goodwin (1954:5), and this is the northernmost known
occurrence. The bat has not been reported from any other Mexican state
bordering on the Gulf of Mexico.
=Centurio senex= Gray
Wrinkle-faced Bat
1842. _Centurio senex_ Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 10,
10:259, December, type locality erroneously given as
Amboyna, East Indies; subsequently restricted to Realejo,
Chinandega, Nicaragua, by Goodwin (Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat.
Hist., 87:327, December 31, 1946).
_Distribution in Tamaulipas._--Tropical areas of southern
part of state.
The single specimen examined, a female weighing 23 grams that carried
an embryo (17 mm. crown-rump length), was taken on June 14 in a mist
net stretched between oak trees in the Sierra de Tamaulipas. One other
female and one cranium have been reported from Tamaulipas.
The specimen examined differs from two seen from southern México (5 mi.
SW Teapa, Tabasco, and 2 mi. S Tollosa, Oaxaca) in being brownish
instead of grayish, but resembles in color two specimens from Cozumel
Island, Quintana Roo.
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