PUBLICATIONS OF THE MUSEUM TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY Three publications of The Museum of Texas Tech Univer¬ sity are issued under the auspices of the Dean of the Gradu¬ ate School and Director of Academic Publications, and in cooperation with the International Center for Arid and Semi- Arid Land Studies. Short research studies are published as Occasional Papers whereas longer contributions appear as Special Publications. Papers of practical application to col¬ lection management and museum operations are issued in the Museology series. All are numbered separately and pub¬ lished on an irregular basis. The preferred abbreviation for citing The Museum’s Occa¬ sional Papers is Occas. Papers Mus., Texas Tech Univ. Institutional subscriptions are available through Texas Tech Press, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409. Individuals can purchase separate numbers of the Occasional Papers for $2.00 each from Texas Tech Press. Remittance in U.S. currency check, money order, or bank draft must be enclosed with request (add $1.00 per title or 200 pages of publications requested for foreign postage; residents of the state of Texas must pay a 5 per cent sales tax on the total purchase price). Copies of the “Revised checklist of North American mammals north of Mexico, 1982“ (Jones et al., 1982, Occas. Papers Mus., Texas Tech llniv., 80:1-22) are available at $1.00 each in orders of 10 or more. ISSN 0149-175X Texas Tech Press Lubbock, Texas 79409 OCCASIONAL PAPERS THE MUSEUM ' • TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY M MBER92 20 JAM ARV 1984 HOLOTYPES OF RECENT MAMMALS IN TEXAS NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS David J. Schmidly and J. Knox Jones, Jr. Texas has a long history of significant research in systematic mammalogy. There are at least 30 collections of mammals in the state, 18 of which contain more than 1000 specimens (Choate and Genoways, 1975). The purpose of this report is to list the holotypes deposited in these collections. Publication of such lists has been encouraged by the International Council of Museums because they provided a useful point of reference for systematists (Jones and C^enoways, 1969). We located 45 holotypes of mammals in Texas natural history collections as of April 1983, all of which were housed in two institutions — the Pexas Cooperative Wildlife Collections at I exas A&M University (hereafter designated TCWC), which has 39 holotypes, and The Museum of Texas lech Ihiiversity (hereafter designated PIU), which has six holotypes. These specimens represent three insectivores, 25 bats, two edentates, 14 rodents, and one carnivore. As for geographic origin, there are 13 types from I'exas, 13 from Mexico, five from Peru, three each from Honduras and CAiatemala, two each from El Salvador, Cojita Rica, and the Caribbean island of Guadeloufxy and one each from Nicaragua and Ecuador. Holotypes are listed below under the name by which they were originally described. Condition of specimen and current nomen- clatorial status of taxa are mentioned where appropriate. Ihider each ordinal name, genera are listed in the order used by Honacki 2 OCCASIONAL PAPERS MUSEllM EEXAS LECH UNIVERS EY et al. (1982), whereas species and subspecies are arranged alphabet¬ ically. Insectivora Blarina brevicauda plumbea Davis J. Mamm., 22:317, 14 August 1941. Holotype. — Adult female, skin and skull, TCWC 1541, from 0.5 mi. W Marino Mill, Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Aransas County, Texas; obtained on 31 January 1941 by J. O. Stevenson, original no. X26. Remarks. — Skin with slippage on belly and left flank. Arranged variously as Blarina carolinensis plumbea (Schmidly and Brown, 1979:47) or Blarina hylophaga plumbea (George et al., 1981; George et al., 1982). Scalopus aquaticus cryptus Davis Amer. Midland Nat., 27:384, March 1942. Holotype. — Adult male, skin and skull, TCWC 1454, from College Station, Brazos County, Texas; obtained on 23 November 1939 by U. H. Williams, original no. 8. Remarks. — Left zygomatic arch broken. The exact locality on the specimen tag is given as “Empty lot N. of Sergeant Jeegers, College Sta., Brazos Co.’’ The collector was incorrectly listed as W. C. Parker by Yates and Schmidly (1977:30). See also comments under S. a. nanus. Scalopus aquaticus nanus Davis Amer. Midland Nat., 27:383, March 1942. Holotype. — Adult female, skin and skull, TCWC 1785, from 13 mi. E Centerville, Leon County, Texas; obtained on 28 June 1938 by W. C. Parker, original no. 3135 of W. B. Davis. Remarks. — Right and left upper third molars missing. Consi¬ dered a synonoym of Scalopus aquaticus cryptus by Yates and Schmidly (1977:30). Hall (1981:74), however, recognized nanus as valid, with cryptus as a synonym, evidently on the basis of page priority, which is not required under the International Rules of Zoological Nomenclature. Reasons for selection of cryptus were given by Yates and Schmidly (1977:25). SCHMIDI ^ AND jONKS— HOI .() rM*KS ()!■ RKCrN I MAMMALS C^HIROPTFRA Mormoops megalophylla carteri Smith Misc. Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., Univ. Kansas, 56: 1 19, 10 Man It 1972. Holotype. — Adult male, skin and skull, TCVVC^ 11643, Irom Gruta Rumichaca, 2 mi. E La Paz, 8700 ft.. Carat hi, Ecuador; obtained on 5 July 1964 by D. C. Carter, original no. 5142. Pteronotus davyi incae Smith Misc. Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., Univ. Kansas, 56:102, 10 March 1972. Holotype. — Adult male, skin and skull, TCWC 11638, from 4 mi. W Suyo, 1000 ft., Piura, Peru; obtained on 28 July 1964 by D. C. Carter, original no. 5333. Remarks. — Left zygomatic arch broken. Collector’s original number incorrectly reported as 5313 by Smith (1972). Anoura brevirostrum Carter Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 81:427, 30 December 1968. Holotype. — Adult female, skin and skull, TCWC 11882, from 31 km. S Tingo Maria, 850 m., Efuanuco, Peru; obtained on 25 August 1964 by D. C. Carter, original no. 5470. Remarks. — Regarded as a synonym of Anoura cultrata by Nagorsen and Tamsitt (1981). Artibeus aztecus minor Davis ■Southwestern Nat., 14:22, 16 May 1969. Holotype. — Adult male, skin and skull, TCWC 17507, from San Cristobal Verapaz, 1380 m., Alta Verapaz, Cuatemala; obtained on 28 March 1966 by D. C. Carter, original no. 6771. Artibeus inopinatus Davis and Carter Pro(. Biol. Soc. Washington, 77:1 19, 26 June 1964. Holotype. — Adult female, skin and skull, ECWC^ 9517, from Choluteca, 10 ft., Choluteca, Honduras; obtained on 1 August 1963 by J. V. Mankins, original no. 4576. 4 OCCASIONAL PAPERS MUSEUM TEXAS TECH UNIVERSTY Artibeus jamaicensis paulus Davis J. Mamni., 51:119, 20 February 1970. Holotype. — Adult female, skin and skull, TCWC 21953, from 7!4 km. WNW La Libertad, 150 m.. La Libertad, El Salvador; obtained on 23 June 1967 by R. K. LaVal, original no. 1540. Artibeus phaeotis palatinus Davis Southwestern Nat., 14:400, 16 February 1970. Holotype. — Adult male, skin and skull, TCWC 14392, from 15 km. SW Retalhuleu, 240 ft., Retalhuleu, Guatemala; obtained on 11 November 1965 by W. B. Davis, original no. 6902. Artibeus toltecus hesperus Davis Southwestern Nat., 14:25, 16 May 1969. Holotype. — Adult male, skin and skull, TWC 6499, from Agua del Obispo, 3300 ft., Guerrero, Mexico; obtained on 25 December 1958 by W. B. Davis, original no. 6027. Chiroderma improvisum Baker and Genoways Occas. Papers Mus., Texas Tech Univ., 39:1, 16 April 1976. Holotype. — Adult male, skin and skull, TTU 19900, from 2 km. S and 2 km. E Baie-Mahault, Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe; obtained on 29 July 1974 by J. C. Patton, II, original no. 522, karyotype no. TK 8285. Remarks. — Live cell lines are frozen in liquid nitrogen at The Museum, Texas Tech University. Baker and Genoways are listed as the collectors in the original description, but their names do not appear on the specimen label. Glossophaga commissarisi hespera Webster and Jones Occas. Papers Mus., Texas Tech Univ., 76:2, 29 January 1982. Holotype. — Adult female, skin and skull, TTU 36223, from Tepehuajes Mine, ca. 20 km. N Soyatlan del Oro, Jalisco, Mexico; obtained on 16 January 1964 by Giro Gonzales-B., original no. 6864 of A. L. Gardner. Remarks. — Right zygomatic arch broken. This specimen was originally catalogued as no. 4956 in University of Arizona collection. Gonzales-B. was not credited as collector of the holotype in the original description. AND [O.NJI S— llOl.O rviM-S ()!• RKCI N I MAMMALS f) Glossophaga soricina alticola Davis J. Mamin., 25:377, 12 Dtcembt-r 19-M. Holotype. — Adult male, skin and skull, d'C^WC 2911, from 13 km. NE Tlaxcala, 7800 ft., d'laxcala, Mexico; obtained on H July 1942 by Ei. L. Gilbert, ori^^inal no. 36. Remarks. — Both zygomatic arches broken. Regarded as a syn¬ onym of Glossophaga leachii by Webster and Jones (1980:4). Glossophaga soricina handleyi Webster and Jcjnes Occas. Papers Mus., Texas Lech llniv., 71:5, 7 November 1980. Holotype. — Adult male, skin and skull, TTU 25893, from Colegio Peninsular, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico; obtained on 1 April 1975 by J. B. Bowles, original no. 2262. Remarks. — Both zygomatic arches broken. Rhinophylla fischerae Carter Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 79:235, 1 December 1966. Holotype. — Adult female, skin and skull, TCWC 12102, from 61 mi. SE Pucallpa, about 500 ft., Loreto, Peru; obtained on 15 August 1964 by D. C. Carter, prepared by R. W. Adams, original number 1221. Remarks. — Both zygc^matic arches broken. Stumira luisi Davis Occas. Papers Mus., Texas Tech llniv., 70:1, 31 October 1980. Holotype. — Adult male, skin and skull, TCWC 9959, from Cariblanco, 3000 ft., 18 mi. NE Naranjo, Alajuela, Costa Rica; c^btained on 1 1 April 1963 by R. W. Adams, original no. 285. Remarks. — Type locality incorrectly given as 11 mi. NE Naranjcj and the date of colleciion as 12 April 1963 in the initial description. Tonatia evotis Davis and Carter Occas. Papers Mus., Texas lech Tniv., 53:8, 29 .September 1978. Holotype.— Aq\u]\. female, skin and skull, 'ECW(^ 17142, from 25 km. SSW Puerto Barrios, 75 m., Izabal, Chiatemala; obtaiiuxl on 2 March 1966 by D. C. Charter, original no. 6576. 6 ()Cx;asional papers museum l EXAS EECH UNIVERS'EY Tonatia silvicola centralis Davis and Carter Occas. Papers. Mus., Texas Tech Univ., 53:7, 29 September 1978. Holotype. — Adult female, skin, skull, and body skeleton, TCWC 18774, from El Castillo, 40 m., Rio San Juan, Nicaragua; obtained on 15 May 1967 by D. C. Carter, original no. 7813. Tonatia silvicola occidentalis Davis and Carter Occas. Papers Mus., Texas Tech Univ., 53:6, 29 September 1978. Holotype. — Adult female, skin and skull, TCWC 11704, from 4 mi. W Suyo, 1000 ft., Piura, Peru; obtained on 31 July 1964 by D. C. Carter, original no. 5357. Uroderma hilobatnm davisi Baker and McDaniel Occas. Papers Mus., Texas Tech Univ., 7:1, 3 November 1972. Holotype. — Adult female, skin, skull, and body skeleton, TTU 12664, from 3 mi. NW La Herradura, La Paz, El Salvador; obtained on 11 July 1971 by W. J. Bleier, original no. 455, karyotype no. TK 1258. Remarks. — In the original description, the collector is listed as “R. J. Baker and party,” but only Bleier’s name is entered on the specimen label. Also, the presence of the body skeleton and the karyotype number were not noted. The elevation of the type locality was given as ‘‘about 20 meters.” Uroderma hilobatum molaris Davis J. Mamm., 49:696, 26 November 1968. Holotype. — Adult male, skin and skull, TCWC 16603, from 16 mi. NW Palenque, 100 ft., Chiapas, Mexico; obtained on 20 February 1965 by D. C. Carter, original no. 5599. Uroderma magnirostrum Davis J. Mamm., 49:679, 26 November 1968. Holotype. — Adult male, skin and skull, TCWC 17189, from 10 km. E San Lorenzo, 25 ft., Valle, Honduras; obtained on 19 November 1966 by W. B. Davis, original no. 7366. Remarks. — Date of collection incorrectly reported as 18 November 1966 in the original description. SCMMIDI.Y AND JONF S— 1 101,0 lA PKS OK Rl Cl N I MAMMALS 7 Varnpyrops brachycephalus Rouk and (barter Occas. Papers M us. , Texas Pet h Uiiiv. 1;1, II February 1972. Holotype. — Adult male, skin and skull, I’C^WCi 12193, Iroin 3 mi. S lingo Maria, 2400 It., Huanuco, Peru; obtained on 28 August 1964 by 1). C^. Carter, original no. 5513. Remarks. — According to Carter and Rouk (1973), Varnpyrops latus and V. /. saccharus of Handley and Ferris (1972) are junior synonyms of Varnpyrops brachycephalus. Baeodon rneyeri Pine S(}uthwesierii Nat., 11:308, 31 December 1967. Holotype. — Subadult female, skin and skull, TCWC 11232, from the Rio Quezalapam, 2 mi. E Lago Catemaco, ca. 610 m., Los Tuxtlas, Veracruz, Mexico; obtained on 3 July 1964 by J. R. Meyer, original no. 670. Remarks. — This bat has had a confusing taxonomic and nomenclatorial history (Pine, 1967; White, 1969; Pine et al., 1971). Most recently it has been arranged as a synonym of Bauerus dubiaquercus by Engstrom and Wilson (1981). Eptesicus guadeloupensis Genoways and Baker Occas. Papers Mus., Texas Tech LIniv., 34:1, 18 July 1975. Holotype. — Adult male, skin and skull, TTU 19902, from 2 km. S and 2 km. E Baie-Mahaidt, Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe; obtained on 29 July 1974 by J. W. Bickham, original no. 74M338, karyotype no. TK 8286. Remarks. — Baker and Genoways are recorded as the collectors of this specimen in the original description, but this is not noted on the specimen label. Eptescicus gaumeri carteri Davis J. Mamm.. 46:233, 20 May 1965. Holotype. — Adult female, skin and skull, ICAV(] 10099, Irom I'urrialba, 2600 ft., Ciartago, Costa Rica; obtaiiu'd on 21 March 1963 by D. C. Carter, original no. 47f)2. Remarks. — Arranged as Eptesicus furiualis carteri by Davis (1966:265). 8 OCCASIONAL PAPERS MUSEUM TEXy\S TEC:H UNIVERS I Y Nycticeius humeralis mexicanus Davis J. Mamm., 25:380, 12 December 1944. Holotype. — Adult female, skin and skull, TWCW 2801, from Rio Ramos, 1000 ft., 20 km. NW Montemorelos, Nuevo Leon, Mexico; obtained on 6 June 1942 by W. B. Davis, original no. 3921. Edentata Tamandua tetradactyla hesperia Davis J. Mamm., 36:558, 14 December 1955. Holotype. — Adult female, tanned (flat) skin and skull, TCWC 5322, from Acahuizotla, 2800 ft., Guerrero, Mexico, obtained in April 1953 by J. Villanueva, original no. (if any) unknown. Dasypus novemcinctus davisi Russell Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 66:21, 30 March 1953. Holotype. — Adult male, skin and skull, TCWC 4952, from Huitzilac, 8500 ft., Morelos, Mexico; obtained on 3 August 1949 by W. B. Davis, original no. 4909. Remarks. — Two upper left cheekteeth missing. Rodentia Geomys breviceps brazensis Davis J. Mamm., 19:489, 14 November 1938. Holotype. — Adult female, skin and skull, TCWC 537, from 5 mi. E Kurten, Grimes County, Texas; obtained on 20 February 1938 by W. B. Davis, original no. 2957. Remarks. — Regarded as a synonym of Geomys bursarius sagitta- lis by Honeycutt and Schmidly (1979:43). Geomys breviceps ludemani Davis Bull. Texas Agric. Exp. Sla., 590:19, 23 Oc tober 1940. Holotype. — Adult female, skin and skull, TCWC 1135, from 7 mi. SW Fannett, Jefferson County, Texas; obtained on 25 November 1939 by W. B. Davis, original no. 247 of B. E. Ludeman. Remarks. — Regarded as a synonym of Geomys bursarius sagitta- lis by Honeycutt and Schmidly (1979:43). Although the publica- SCHMIDl .V AND [( )N KS— H( )1 ,( ) IMM- S ()1 RICl- N 1 MAMMALS 9 tioii elate on the article e ontaininti; this deseriplion was ^iveii as August 1940, it was not ollicially teleased lot distiihution until 23 October 1940 (W. B. Davis, personal ( onnnunicalion). Geomys breviceps pratincolus Davis Bull. IVxas Agric . Kxp. Sia.. 590:18, 23 October 1910. Holotype. — Adult female, skin and skull, I'CAVC^ 1128, Irom 2 mi. K Ldberty, Liberty (iounty, Lexas; obtained on 24 November 1939 by W. B. Davis, original no. 3419. Remarks. — See account of G. b. ludernani for comments on the pid)lication date of the description of this taxon, which was regarded as a synonym of Geomys bursarius sagittalis by Honey¬ cutt and Scbmidly (1979:43). Geomys breviceps terricolus Davis Bull. Texas Agric. Exp. Sta., 590:17, 23 October 1940. Holotype. — Adult female, skin and skull, TCWC 624, from 1 mi. N Texas City, Galveston County, Texas; obtained on 16 January 1938 by W. B. Davis, original no. 2936. Remarks. — See account of G. b. ludernani for comments on the publication date of the description of this taxon, which was arranged as a synonym of Geomys bursarius sagittalis by Honey¬ cutt and Schmidly (1979:43). Geomys lutescens major Davis Bull. Lexas Agric. Exp. .Sta., 590:32, 23 October 1940. Holotype. — Adult female, skin and skull, LCAVC. 819, from 8 mi. VV Clarendon, Donley Cx)unly, Lexas; obtained on 29 December 1938 by P. Jones, original no. 35. Remarks. — See actounl of (j. b. ludernani for comments on the public alion date of the description of this laxon, which now' is regarded as Geomys bursarius major (Honeycutt and Schmidly. 1979:47). Right and lelt up})er molars and right low'ei molars detached from skull. Geomys bursarius knoxjonesi Baker and C»enc)ways Occas. Papers Mus., Eexas l et h Liiiv., 29: 1 , 25 April 1975. Holotype. — Adtdt female, skin, skull, and body skeleton, TIT^ 19872, from 4.1 mi. N and 5.1 mi. K Kermit, Winkler County, lexas; obtained on 27 January 1974 by S. L. Williams and L. L. 10 OCCASIONAL PAPERS MUSEUM I EXAS EECH UNIVERS'I Y Pemberton, original no. 1303 of Williams, karyotype no. TK 5074. Remarks. — Pemberton was not acknowledged as one of the collectors in the original description. Geomys personatus maritimus Davis Bull. Texas Agric. Exp. Sta., 590:26, 23 October 1940. Holotype. — Adult female, skin and skull, TCWC 608, from Flour Bluff, 11 mi. SE Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas; obtained on 21 April 1938 by W. B. Davis, original no. 3059. Remarks. — See account of G. b. ludemani for comments on the publication date of the description of this taxon. Right lower molars and last upper left molar detached from skull. Geomys personatus megapotamus Davis Bull. Eexas Agric. Exp. Sta., 590:27, 23 October 1940. Holotype. — Adult female, skin and skull, TCWC 794, from 4 mi. SE Oilton, Webb County, Texas; obtained on 25 November 1938 by W. B. Davis, original no. 3254. Remarks. — See account of G. b. ludemani for comments on the publication date of the description of this taxon. Geomys personatus minor Davis Bull. Eexas Agric. Exp. Sta., 590:29, 23 October 1940. Holotype. — Adult female, skin and skull, TCWC 787, from Carrizo Springs, Dimmit County, Texas; obtained on 24 November 1938 by W. B. Davis, original no. 3239. Remarks. — Renamed Geomys personatus streckeri by Davis (1943) because the name G. p. minor was preoccupied by Geomys minor Gidley, 1922 (Williams and Genoways, 1981). See account of G. b. ludemani for comments on the publication date of the description of this taxon. Heterogeomys hondurensis Davis Pro( . Biol. Soc. Washington, 79:175, 15 August 1966. Holotype. — Adult male, skin and skull, TCWC 12570, from 8 mi. W Tela, 10 ft., Atlantida, Honduras; obtained on 17 December 1964 by J. V. Mankins, original no. 4772. SCHMIDI .V AND JC )N KS— H( )I .() rVl’KS Ol- RKCKN 1 MAMMALS I I Remarks. — Right upper and lelt lower molar missing. Arranged as Orthogeornys liispidus hondurensis hy Hall (1981:511). Baiomys musciilus pallidus Russell Pick. Biol. .Soc. Washington, 65:21, 29 January 1952. Holotype. — Adult female, skin and skull, IX^WC 4501, from 12 km. NVV Axochiapan, 3500 ft., Morelos, Mexico; obtained on 28 July 1950 by VV. B. Davis, original no. 51 12. Peromyscus leucopus brevicaudus Davis Occas. Papers Mus. Zool., l.ouisiana St. Univ., 2:13, 1 February 1939. Holotype. — Adult male, skin and skull, TCWC 101, from Huntsville, Walker County, Texas; obtained c^n 7 March 1936 by W. P. Taylor, original no. A 324. Remarks. — Regarded as inseparable from Peromyscus leucopus leucopus by McCarley (1959) and St. Romain (1975). Reithrodontomys fulvescens tropicalis Davis j. .Mamm., 24:393, 12 December 1944. Holotype. — Adult male, skin and skull, TCWC 3084, from Boca del Rio, 10 ft., 8 km. S Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico; obtained on 22 July 1942 by D. M. Donaldson, original no. 72. Sigmodon hispidus obveatus Russell Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 65:81, 25 April 1952. Holotype. — Adult female, skin and skull, TCAVC 4921, from 5 mi. S Alpuyeca, 3700 ft., Morelos, Mexico; obtained on 16 August 1949 by W. T. Smith, original no. 38. Remarks. — Right zygomatic process cracked. carnivora Jentinkia sumichrasti latrans Davis and Lukens J. .Mamm., 39:353, 20 August 1958. Holotype.— i\dv\h fetnale, tanned (flat) skin and skull, TCWC] 5157, from 2 mi. W Omiltemi, 7900 ft., (»uerrero. Mc'xico; obtained on 12 June 1953 by Cj. W. C»riffith, original no. 231. Remarks. — Arranged as Rassaricscus .sfurniclirasti]. latrans by Goodwin (1969:229). 12 OCCASIONAL PAPERS MUSEUM LEXAS LECH UNIVERS I Y Literature Cited Carter, D. C. , and C. S. Rouk. 1973. Status of recently described species of Lampyropi (Chiroptera: Phyllostomatidae). J. Mamm., 54:975-977. Choate, J. R., and H. H. Genoways. 1975. Collections of Recent mammals in North America. J. Mamm., 56:452-502. Davis, W. B. 1943. 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PUBLICATIONS OF THE MUSEUM TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY Three publications of The Museum of Texas Tech Univer¬ sity are issued under the auspices of the Dean of the Gradu¬ ate School and Director of Academic Publications, and in cooperation with the International Center for Arid and Semi- Arid Land Studies. Short research studies are published as Occasional Papers whereas longer contributions appear as Special Publications. Papers of practical application to col¬ lection management and museum operations are issued in the Museology series. All are numbered separately and pub¬ lished on an irregular basis. The preferred abbreviation for citing The Museum’s Occa¬ sional Papers is Occas. Papers Mus., Texas Tech Univ. Institutional subscriptions are available through Texas Tech Press, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409. Individuals can purchase separate numbers of the Occasional Papers for $2.00 each from Texas Tech Press. Remittance in U.S. currency check, money order, or bank draft must be enclosed with request (add $1.00 per title or 200 pages of publications requested for foreign postage; residents of the state of Texas must p>ay a 5 per cent sales tax on the total purchase price). Copies of the “Revised checklist of North American mammals north of Mexico, 1982” (Jones et al., 1982, Occas. Papers Mus., Texas Tech Elniv., 80:1-22) are available at $1.00 each in orders of 10 or more. ISSN 0H9-175X Texas Tech Press Lubbock, Texas 79409 OCCASIONAL PAPERS THE MUSEUM TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY Nl MBER 93 1« MAY 1984 REVIEW OE THE LARGE ERUIT-EATING BATS OE THE ARTIBEUS “LITURATUS ” COMPLEX IN MIDDLE AMERICA : COMP. TOOL LIBRARY W^iLLiAM B. Davis MT y 2 19M HARVARD UNlVERSin I'he realization that two size-classes of Artibeus “lituratus" occur sympatrically at Santa Barbara, Honduras, prompted this study. At a site seven kilometers north of that town, a field party from the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, collected 17 males and 24 females in the period from 25 March to 1 April 1969. Among adult females, 15 are large, with the greatest length of the skull (GLS) ranging from 30.7 to 32.0 millimeters (mm.), coupled with a forearm length (FA) varying from 66.5 to 73.7. Nine are small, with the GLS values ranging from 28.2 to 29.0; the k’A values, from 62.4 to 68.2. Among adult males, eight are small, with the GI.S values ranging from 28.3 to 30.8, coupled with FA values of 63.3 to 68.0. Nine are large, with GLS values varying from 31.0 to 32.0, coupled with FA values of 68.0 to 70.5. A similar situation was found in a sample of 32 individuals from the vicinity of Bins Laguna on the (iaribhean coast of Honduras. Of 15 adult females, 11 are large, with C»LS values ranging from 30.5 to 32.6, coupled with FA values varying from 67.5 to 74.5. Four are small, with GLS values varying from 29.0 to 30.5, coupled with FA values ranging from 64.3 to 67.8. Of 17 adult males, six are large, with GLS values varying from 31.0 to 32.1, coupled with FA values ranging from 69.4 to 74.0; 11 are small, with GLS values