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Nyctinomus depressus Ward 

 Tacubaya Free-tailed Bat 



Original description — Nyctinomus depressus Ward, Amer. 

 Nat., 25, August, 1891, pp. 747-750. 



Type locality — Tacubaya, Federal District, Mexico. 



Synonyms — Nyctinomus macrotis nevadensis H. Allen, 

 Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 43, 1893 [=March, 1894], pp. 171- 

 174, pis. 34, 35 (type from California, but exact locality not 

 known: tide Lyon and Osgood, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 62, 

 1909, p. 280) ; Nevada Bat. 



Range — Probably the southeastern deserts; but only the 

 one indefinite record, as above. 



Nyctinomus mexicanus Saussure 

 Mexican Free-tailed Bat 



Original description — "Nyctinomus mexicanus Saussure, 

 Rev. et Mag. de Zoo!., 2nd ser., 12, 1860, p. 283." 



Type locality — Ameca, Jalisco, Mexico (tide Miller, Bull. 

 79, U. S. Nat. Mus., 1912, p. 70). 



Synonyms — Nycti)iouins muhavensis Merriam, N. Amer. 

 Fauna, 2, October, 1889, p. 25 (type from Fort Mohave, 

 Arizona) ; Nyctinomus brasiliensis californicus H. Allen, Bull. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., 43, 1893 [=March, 1894], p. 166 (no type 

 designated) ; Nyctinomops mohavensis; Mohave Bat. 



Range — In spring and summer : Upper and Lower So- 

 noran zones, chiefly the latter, throughout southern California, 

 both east and west of the desert divides, north at least to 

 Marysville Buttes, Sutter County, and west to Palo Alto, 

 Santa Clara County (Mus. Vert. Zool.). Doubtless migratory, 

 at least in part. 



Eumops californicus (Merriam) 

 California Mastiff Bat 



Original description — Molossus californicus Merriam, N. 

 Amer. Fauna, A, October 8, 1890, pp. 31, 32. 



Type locality — Alhambra, Los Angeles County, California. 



Synonyms — Promops californicus; Promops pcrotis cali- 

 fornicus; Bonnet Bat. 



