1823. _Diphylla ecaudata_ Spix, Simiarum et vespertilionum
Brasiliensium ..., p. 68, type locality, Brazil, restricted
to Rio San Francisco, Baia, by Cabrera (Rev. Mus. Argentino
Cien. Nat., 4:94, March 27, 1958).
_Distribution in Tamaulipas._--Southern and central parts of
state.
The hairy-legged vampire was first reported from Tamaulipas by de la
Torre (1954:114), who recorded a male from five miles northeast of
Antiguo Morelos, near El Pachon. Later in the same year Martin and
Martin (1954:585) listed another male from El Pachon. Subsequently,
Malaga and Villa (1957:543) reported specimens from two additional
localities in the state, one of which (Cueva de la Sepultura) provides
the northernmost place from which the species has been recorded. Malaga
and Villa remarked that the species was abundant at Cueva de la
Sepultura, being found in small groups clinging to the roof of the
cave. Two females taken there on November 11 carried one embryo each; a
lactating female was taken on November 14. The vampire, _Desmodus
rotundus_, also was taken at Cueva de la Sepultura.
I follow Burt and Stirton (1961:37) in treating _Diphylla ecaudata_ as
a monotypic species.
_Records_: Cueva de la Sepultura, 7.5 km. NNW and hence 7
km. SSW (_via_ highway) Cd. Victoria (Malaga and Villa,
1957:543); 5 mi. NE Antiguo Morelos, near El Pachon (de la
Torre, 1954:114); El Pachon (Martin and Martin, 1954:585);
Cueva de Quintero, 4 km. SSW Quintero (Malaga and Villa,
1957:543).
=Natalus stramineus saturatus= Dalquest and Hall