CHIROPTERA: NATALIDAE 85 



1884. Desmodus rufus True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 7 (App., Circ. 29), 



p. 605, Nov. 29, 1834. 

 1912. Desmodus rotundus murinus Osgood, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ. 155, 



Zool. Ser., vol. 10, p. 63, Jan. 10, 1912. 

 Type Locality. — Mexico. Range. — Hidalgo, Guerrero, Veracruz (Davis, 

 Journ. Mamm., vol. 25, No. 4, p. 378, Dec. 12, 1944) , Yucatan and Quintana Roo, 

 Mexico (Hatt and Villa, Anal. Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. Mexico, vol. 21, No. 1, 

 p. 230, Sept. 28, 1950), south to Panama (G. M. Allen, Journ. Mamm., vol. 16, 

 No. 3, p. 227, Aug. 12,1935). 



Genus DIPHYLLA Spix 

 1823. Diphylla Spix, Simiarum et vespertilionum Brasiliensium . . ., p. 68. 

 (Type, Diphylla ecaudata Spix.) 



Diphylla ecaudata centralis Thomas* 



1884. Diphylla ecaudata True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 7 (App., Circ. 29) , 

 p. 605, Nov. 29, 1884. 



1903. Diphylla centralis Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, vol. 11, p. 378, 

 April 1903. 



1942. Diphylla ecaudata centralis Goodwin, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 

 79, p. 138, May 29, 1942. 



Type Locality. — Boquete, Chiriqui, Panama. Altitude, 4,500 feet. Range. — 

 Panama north to Quintana Roo (Hatt and Villa, Anal. Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. 

 Mexico, vol. 21, No. 1, p. 231, Sept. 28, 1950), Yucatan (Hatt, Journ. Mamm., 

 vol. 19, No. 3, p. 335, Aug. 18, 1938), Ojo de Agua, 7 kilometers east-northeast 

 of Cordoba, Veracruz, and Jacala, Hidalgo (Dalquest and Hall, Trans. Kansas 

 Acad. Sci., vol. 50, Nos. 3-4, p. 315, December 1947), and Xilitla, San Luis 

 Potosi, Mexico (Dalquest, Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Louisiana State. Univ. No. 23, 

 p. 3, July 10, 1950). 



Superfamily VESPERTILIONOIDEA 



Family Natalidae 



Genus NATALUS Gray 

 1838. Natalus Gray, Mag. Zool. Bot., vol. 2, p. 496, December 1838. (Type, 

 Natalus stramineus Gray.) 



Subgenus NATALUS Gray 



Natalus mexicanus mexicanus Millerf* 



1902. Natalus mexicanus Miller, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 54, 

 p. 399, Sept. 12, 1902. 



Type Locality. — Santa Anita, Baja California, Mexico. Range. — Dry region 

 of Baja California and northwestern Mexico; eastward to Mojarachic, Chihuahua 

 (Knobloch, Journ. Mamm., vol. 23, No. 3, p. 297, Aug. 14, 1942) , and to Itzatlan, 

 Jalisco, Mexico (Dalquest and Hall, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 62, p. 154, 

 Aug. 23, 1949) . 



Natalus mexicanus saturatus Dalquest and Hall* 



1949. Natalus mexicanus saturatus Dalquest and Hall, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash- 

 ington, vol. 62, p. 153, Aug. 23, 1949. 



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