SPOTTED BAT 



This Bat is a member of a small genus peculiar in many 

 characters which set it off from other North American Bats. 

 Not very much has been recorded on the habits of Nycticeius 

 and it is apparently not very common over parts of its range, 

 although elsewhere it may be fairly abundant, as in eastern 

 and southern Texas, 



Harper {Mammals of Okefi^iokee Swamp) writes of this Bat 

 in Georgia: 



"These bats have also been found roosting in a hollow tree 

 in a cypress bay, as mentioned below. They are observed 

 for the most part during the last half hour of daylight, gen- 

 erally at a height of perhaps 40 to 75 feet. As darkness falls, 

 however, they come much closer to the ground, so that 

 occasionally specimens may be knocked down with a reed 

 fishing-pole." 



Genus Euderma 



Dentition: Incisors, f ; Canines, \; Premolars f; Molars, f = 34. 



Spotted Bat. — Euderma maculata (Allen) 



Names. — Spotted Bat; Jackass Bat. 



General Distribution. — A good-sized Bat with very large 

 ears and peculiar spotted coloration. Ears enormous, joined 

 across forehead by a low band, marked by transverse ridges, 

 about fifteen in number; tragus tall, broad, and bluntly 

 rounded at tip; pelage long and soft; membranes thin and 

 papery; face without any glandular swellings. 



Color. — Sexes colored alike. 



Upperparts dark chocolate-brown, almost black, with a 

 large, irregular white spot on each shoulder and on rump; 

 underparts washed with white over chocolate-brown basal 

 pelage; membranes light yellowish brown. 



Measurements. — Total length, 4.5 inches; tail vertebrae, 2 

 inches; hind foot, .36 inch; forearm, 2 inches. 



Geographical Distribution. — Southwestern states; a very 

 rare Bat of which very few have ever been taken; taken at 

 Piru, Ventura County, and Mecca, Riverside County, in 

 California ; Yuma in Arizona; and Mesilla Park in New Mexico. 



Food. — Flying insects. 



Enemies. — Presumably Owls. 



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