One adult male (testes 5 mm) of this free-tailed bat from Potosi, 5 m,
Chinandega, on the Cosigueina Peninsula, provides the only record of the
genus _Tadarida_ from Nicaragua. This specimen was netted after dark
over a small stream that flowed into the Bay of Fonseca approximately
200 yards below our nets (see account of _Noctilio leporinus_). Other
species taken in the same net included _Carollia subrufa_, _Sturnira
lilium_, _Eptesicus furinalis_, _Molossus ater_, and _Molossus
molossus_.
Selected measurements of the male are: total length, 92 mm; length of
tail, 31 mm; length of hind foot, 10 mm; length of ear, 15 mm; length
of forearm, 39.2 mm; weight, 10.3 gms; greatest length of skull, 17.2
mm; zygomatic breadth, 10.6 mm; postorbital constriction, 4.0 mm;
breadth of braincase, 8.6 mm; length of maxillary toothrow, 6.5 mm.