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Title: Neotropical Bats from Northern Mexico

Author: Sydney Anderson

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UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS PUBLICATIONS
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

Volume 14, No. 1, pp. 1-8
October 24, 1960

Neotropical Bats from Western Mexico

BY

SYDNEY ANDERSON

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
LAWRENCE
1960

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS PUBLICATIONS, MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

Editors: E. Raymond Hall, Chairman, Henry S. Fitch,
Robert W. Wilson

Volume 14, No. 1, pp. 1-8
Published October 24, 1960

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Lawrence, Kansas

PRINTED IN
THE STATE PRINTING PLANT
TOPEKA, KANSAS
1960

28-4805

Neotropical Bats from Western Mexico

BY

SYDNEY ANDERSON

Tropical fruit-eating bats of the genus _Artibeus_ reach their northern
limits on the lowlands of the eastern and western coasts of Mexico.
Recent students have placed the species of Mexican _Artibeus_ in two
groups; one includes bats of small size and one includes bats of large
size (Dalquest, 1953:61; Lukens and Davis, 1957:6; and Davis,
1958:163). Three of the small species (_A. cinereus phaeotis_, _A.
aztecus_, and _A. turpis nanus_) and three of the large species (_A.
hirsutus_, _A. jamaicensis jamaicensis_, and _A. lituratus palmarum_)
have been reported as far north as Jalisco along the west coast. _A.
cinereus phaeotis_ and _A. turpis nanus_ are known from as far north as
southern Sinaloa, and _A. hirsutus_ is known from as far north as
southern Sonora (Hall and Kelson, 1959:140, 141). Additional specimens
of _A. hirsutus_ from Sonora, Sinaloa, and Chihuahua, and specimens of
_A. lituratus_ and _A. jamaicensis_ from Sinaloa that extend the known
ranges of these two species northward are reported here; data on
variation, distribution, and reproduction concerning these three
species are include