Sydney Anderson

“ Many of these bats are essentially tropical and the new records here reported, extend the known geographic ranges to the northward on either the east or the west coast of Mexico. Continued collecting, especially by the intensive application of a variety of methods including the use of mist nets, in the northern parts of the zone of tropical vegetation can be expected to yield other species of tropical bats beyond the limits of the ranges now known. ”

“ Incidental to studies of speciation of North American mammals, made possible by assistance from the National Science Foundation and the Kansas University Endowment Association, a number of bats have been taken beyond the limits of their previously known geographic ranges. ”

“ N La Pesca, Tamaulipas, taken by Gerd H. Heinrich, on May 24, 1953, extends the known range of the species on the east coast of Mexico northward 115 miles from 10 kms. WSW Ebano, Veracruz (Dalquest, 1953:58) , and also northeastward 115 miles from Santa Maria, Tamaulipas (Goodwin, 1954:6) . Another new marginal locality for this species, represented by 39 specimens in our collection, is 10 mi. W, 2 mi. S Piedra, 1200 ft., Tamaulipas. ”