ritus (Peters, 1856)

An adult male captured in a mist net set in a forest clearing at Santa
Maria de Ostuma, 1250 m, Matagalpa, represents the first record of this
bat from Nicaragua. The testes of our individual, taken on 1 July 1966,
were 6 mm in length. Externally and cranially our Nicaraguan example
closely resembles specimens of _C. auritus_ from Veracruz and the
Yucatan Peninsula. Handley (1966b:762) and Starrett and Casebeer
(1968:12) expressed doubt as to the validity of the currently used
subspecific names in this species. Comparisons of cranial and external
measurements of the material at hand with those given in various
published accounts--Burt and Stirton (1961), Starrett and Casebeer
(1968), and Thomas (1905), for example--reveal little variation. Until
additional information is available (especially as concerns the South
American races), however, we tentatively apply the subspecific name _C.
a. auritus_ to Middle American populations.

Anoura geoffroyi lasiopyga (Peters, 1868)

Four specimens of this species, netted on 24 and 25 July 1967 in a
banana grove 1.5 km N and 1 km E Jalapa, 660 m, Nueva Segovia, provide
the first record of this glossophagine from Nicaragua. Two males each
had testes 6 mm in length; one female evidenced no reproduction
activity, whereas another carried an embryo 4 mm in crown-rump length.
In addition to our material, there is a specimen in the British Museum
(BM 8.6.22.4) from Cafetal "Concordia," 4000 ft, Jinotega.

It may be noteworthy that the two localities at which this bat is known
both are in the highlands of the northern part of Nicaragua, and that
we failed to take additional specimens in many hundreds of hours of
netting in other places in the country.

Choeroniscus godmani (Thomas, 1903)

Godman's bat was reported from Nicaragua by Handley (1966a:86), who
used the locality designation "El Realejo" for the three specimens
available to him. Actually, the three are from the nearby Hda. San
Isidro, 10 km S Chinandega. We have taken three additional specimens as
follows: Santa Rosa, 17 km N and 15 km E Boaco, 300 m, Boaco (an adult
female taken on 21 March, which was pregnant with an embryo measuring
16 mm in crown-rump length); 2 km E Yali, 900 m, Jinotega (an adult
male netted on 3 August, testes 4 mm in length); and Santa Maria de
Ostuma, 1250 m, Matagalpa (a nonpregnant, adult female captured on 11
April). Bats of this species have been taken as far north as t