Brazilian Free-tailed Bat

1860. _Molossus mexicanus_ Saussure, Revue et Mag. Zool.,

Paris, ser. 2, 12:283, July, type from Cofre de Perote,

13,000 ft., Veracruz.

1955. _Tadarida brasiliensis mexicana_, Schwartz, Jour.

Mamm., 36:108, February 28.

_Distribution in Tamaulipas._--Probably state-wide, but

presently known from only five localities.

A female taken on June 21 in a mist net on the Sierra de Tamaulipas

carried an embryo that was 29 mm. in crown-rump length. Two specimens

were shot in flight in the deepest part of Cueva La Mula.

_Records of occurrence._--Specimens examined, 4: 8 km. S Cd.

Victoria, 1; Sierra de Tamaulipas, 10 mi. W, 2 mi. S Piedra,

1200 ft., 1; Cueva La Mula, 10 km. W Joya Verde, 2400 ft.,

2.

Additional records: Rio Bravo (town) (Villa, 1956:8); Rancho

"La Isla," 3 km. N El Limon (Malaga and Villa, 1957:560);

Cueva del Abra (_ibid._); no specific locality (Shamel,

1931:6).

=Tadarida aurispinosa= (Peale)

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