Vampire Bat

_D[esmodus] murinus_ Wagner, Schreber's Saeugthiere, Suppl.,

1:377, 1840. (Type from Mexico.)

_Desmodus rotundus murinus_ Osgood, Field Mus. Nat. Hist.,

publ. 155, zool. ser., 10:63, January 10, 1912.

_Specimens examined_, 9 as follows: 12 km. W and 8 km. N

Ciudad Victoria, 2500 ft., 3; 70 km. [by highway] S Ciudad

Victoria and 6 km. W of the [Pan-American] highway [at El

Carrizo], 6.

_Remarks._--Vampire bats were taken at two caves. At the cave called

"Los Troncones", 12 kilometers west and 8 kilometers north of Ciudad

Victoria, seven bats were shot down; three were saved. The second cave,

south of Ciudad Victoria, was considerably damper than the first.

Vampires were found in a small side chamber; nine bats were knocked

down. No other kinds of bats were present in either cave.

~Sylvilagus floridanus connectens~ (Nelson)

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