Mexican Free-tailed Bat

_Molossus mexicanus_ Saussure, Revue et Magasin de Zoologie,

Ser. 2, 12:283, July, 1860, type from Cofre de Perote,

13,000 feet, state of Veracruz, Mexico.

_Tadarida mexicana_, Miller, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 128:86,

April 29, 1924.

_Distribution in Nebraska._--Known only from Lincoln,

Lancaster County.

_Records of occurrence._--Specimen examined, 1, as follows:

LANCASTER CO.: Lincoln, 1 (Univ. Nebr. State Mus.).

Additional record (Zimmer, 1913:665): LANCASTER CO.:

Lincoln.

_Remarks._--The Mexican free-tailed bat is probably rare in Nebraska.

The single specimen examined by us was obtained on June 27, 1931, from

a downtown business building in Lincoln. According to the label on the

specimen, it died in captivity on June 29 after giving birth to one

young on June 28. The bat reported by Zimmer (_loc. cit._) was also

taken in the business district of Lincoln. It was obtained on August

15, 1913.

In addition to the bats named above, six other kinds possibly occur in

Nebraska. These, along with an indication of the part of the state in

which each is to be looked for, are as follows:

_Myotis grisescens_ Howell, southeastern part of state.

_Myotis sodalis_ Miller and Allen, southeastern part of

state.

_Myotis thysanodes thysanodes_ Miller, northwestern part of

state.

_Nycticeus humeralis humeralis_ (Rafinesque), southeastern

part of state.

_Corynorhinus rafinesquii pallescens_ (Miller), northwestern

part of state.

_Tadarida molossa_ (Pallas), any part of state.

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