lapa, 600 m, 1. _Zelaya_:
Bonanza, 850 ft, 6; S side Rio Mico, El Recreo, 25 m, 6; Cara de
Mono, 50 m, 1.
Davis (1970a:393-394) recently reviewed the systematic status of this
small fruit-eating bat and recorded specimens from southeastern
Nicaragua; the species was first reported from the country by Andersen
(1908:290), based on a specimen from the Escondido River. Our
additional material reveals that _A. watsoni_ occurs throughout eastern
Nicaragua, the specimen from Nueva Segovia extending the known range as
mapped by Davis (_loc. cit._).
A female from Bonanza (23 February) carried an embryo 14 mm in
crown-rump length, whereas one from El Recreo (26 February) was not
reproductively active; one of two females netted near Villa Somoza in
early August was pregnant (embryo 21 mm in crown-rump length). Seven
adult males collected in late February and early March had an average
testicular length of 5.9 (5-7) mm; testes of two adults taken in late
June and one captured in early August all measured 5 mm. The testes of
young males (grayish pelage, partially unfused phalangeal epiphyses)
were 2 or 3 mm in length.
Centurio senex senex Gray, 1842
_Specimens._--_Chinandega_: 4.5 km N Cosigueina, 15 m, 1;
San Antonio, 35 m, 5. _Matagalpa_: 2 km N, 6 km E Esquipulas,
960 m, 3. _Nueva Segovia_: 7 km N, 4 km E Jalapa, 660 m, 1.
_Zelaya_: S side Rio Mico, El Recreo, 25 m, 1.
Paradiso (1967) reviewed geographic variation in this unique bat,
the type locality of which was restricted to Realejo, Chinandega,
Nicaragua, by Goodwin (1946:327). Because additional material had not
been reported from Nicaragua, Paradiso (_op. cit._:598) felt it was
"premature to restrict the type locality to a specific area in that
country" (the holotype was obtained on the voyage of the H.M.S.
Sulphur, which called at Realejo), and preferred the more general
designation "west coast of Mexico or Central America." In view of the
fact that we now have specimens from but a few miles distant from
Realejo (at San Antonio), we see no reason to contest Goodwin's
restriction of the type locality to that place.
Specimens from San Antonio were collected along a small stream,
bordered by a bilevel gallery forest, in an area otherwise planted
mostly to cane. Many trees of the lower level were covered by an
extremely thick network of vines, which were interwoven with branches
and supported fallen leaves and debris from the upper leve
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