gth, 63, 60 mm; length of tail, 5, 6 mm; length of
hind foot, 10, 9 mm; length of ear, 23, 23 mm; length of forearm, 34.5,
35.6 mm; weight, 11.4, 8.8 gms; greatest length of skull, 20.2, 20.5
mm; zygomatic breadth, 9.5, 9.5 mm; breadth of braincase, 8.5, 8.2 mm;
postorbital breadth, 3.1, 2.9 mm; length of maxillary toothrow, 7.0,
7.1 mm; breadth across upper molars, 6.3, 6.5 mm. We have not compared
our specimens directly with others from Middle America. On the basis of
available measurements, they resemble material reported from Honduras
(LaVal, 1969:820), averaging larger than other specimens for which
measurements have been published (see especially Goodwin, 1942b:206;
Davis and Carter, 1962:68; Davis _et al._, 1964:379; Gardner _et al._,
1970:716-717).
Phyllostomus hastatus panamensis J. A. Allen, 1904
_Specimens._--_Carazo_: 3 km N, 4 km W Diriamba, 600 m, 1.
_Madriz_: Daraili, 5 km N, 14 km E Condega, 940 m, 4. _Managua_: 3
km SW Tipitapa, 40 m, 1; 3 km N Sabana Grande, 50 m, 2; 2 km N
Sabana Grande, 40 m, 1; 5 mi S Managua, 2. _Matagalpa_: La Danta, 1
km N, 5 km E Esquipulas, 760 m, 1. _Nueva Segovia_: 4.5 km N, 2 km
E Jalapa, 630 m, 2; 1.5 km N, 1 km E Jalapa, 660 m, 1. _Zelaya_:
Bonanza, 850 ft, 2; El Recreo, 25 m, 8.
This large spear-nosed species has been reported previously from
Nicaragua only from Matagalpa (Goodwin, 1942c:126). _Phyllostomus
hastatus_ evidently occurs throughout the country and is relatively
common in some places.
Two females taken 5 mi S Managua on 13 March each carried a single
embryo (crown-rump length 27 and 32 mm). Lactating females were
captured in June, July, and August.
Trachops cirrhosus coffini Goldman, 1925
A male fringe-lipped bat netted over a small stream at Cara de Mono, 50
m, Zelaya, in the Caribbean lowlands, on 24 April, 1968, constitutes
the second known occurrence of this species in Nicaragua. Carter _et
al._ (1966:491) earlier reported two males from Rio Coco, 64 mi NNE
Jinotega, 1000 ft, Jinotega. The testes of our specimen were 4 mm long.
Davis and Carter (1962:69), Carter _et al._ (_loc. cit._), and Starrett
and Casebeer (1968:11) did not apply a trinomen to bats of this species
and noted overlap of measurements between _T. c. cirrhosus_ (Spix) and
_T. c. coffini_ Goldman. However, until detailed comparisons can be
made, we follow Jones (1966:452) in retaining the subspecific name
_coffini_.
Chrotopterus auritus au
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