Micronycteris megalotis mexicana Miller, 1898

_Specimens._--_Carazo_: 3 km N, 4 km W Diriamba, 600 m, 5. _Granada_:

Hda. Mecatepe [2 km N, 11.5 km E Nandaime], 5. _Managua:_ 5 mi NW

Managua, 1. _Matagalpa_: Rio Viejo, 7 mi WNW Dario, 4; 11 mi SE

Dario, 1. _Zelaya_: S end Isla del Maiz Grande, 9.

The individuals from Isla de Maiz Grande were shot on 30 June as they

flew from small caves and crevices in rocky outcrops on the south end

of the island. Of the three adult females obtained at that time, two

were lactating; each was accompanied by a young, the forearms of which

measured 19.7 (male) and 21.3 mm (female). Two adult males from Isla

del Maiz Grande had testes 2 mm in length.

TABLE 1.--Selected measurements of adults of two subspecies of

_Micronycteris megalotis_ from Nicaragua. Superscript numbers indicate

fewer specimens averaged than indicated in left-hand column.

Table Legend:

Col. A: Number of specimens averaged or catalogue number, and sex

Col. B: Length of forearm

Col. C: Greatest length of skull

Col. D: Zygomatic breadth

Col. E: Breadth of braincase

Col. F: Length of maxillary toothrow

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A B C D E F

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_Micronycteris megalotis mexicana_, west-central Nicaragua[a]

Average 8 35.4 19.5[6] 9.5 8.0[7] 7.5

(3[Male], 5 [Female])

Minimum 33.0 18.8 9.1 7.7 7.3

Maximum 38.1 20.3 9.8 8.2 7.7

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