A New Bat (Genus Pipistrellus) from Northeastern Mexico
A New Bat (Genus Pipistrellus) from Northeastern Mexico
By Rollin Harold Baker
20 Nov, 2018
Excerpt.......The eastern pipistrelle, Pipistrellus subflavus (Cuvier) in the western part of its range, occurs along the Río Grande and its tributaries as far west as northern Coahuila and Val Verde County, Texas. Specimens from those places repres
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Excerpt.......The eastern pipistrelle, Pipistrellus subflavus (Cuvier) in the western part of its range, occurs along the Río Grande and its tributaries as far west as northern Coahuila and Val Verde County, Texas. Specimens from those places represent a heretofore undescribed subspecies which may be named and described as follows:
Pipistrellus subflavus clarus new subspecies
Type.—Female, adult, skin and skull; No. 48270, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist.; 2 mi. W Jiménez, el. 850 ft., Coahuila; 19 June 1952; obtained by Rollin H. Baker, original No. 2062.
Range.—Known from northern Coahuila and adjacent parts of southwestern Texas. Less