Two Species of Bats New to the Fauna of Trinidad

Authors

Hugh H. Genoways, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow
Robert J. Baker, Texas Tech UniversityFollow
R. S. Loregnard, The University of West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad, West Indies

Date of this Version

1-1-1973

Citation

Mammalia (1973) 37(2).

Comments

Copyright 1973, the authors. Used by permission.

Abstract

Goodwin and Greenhall (1961) in their monograph of the bats of Trinidad and Tobago recorded 58 species of chiropterans from the island of Trinidad. In two subsequent publications (Goodwin and Greenhall, 1962, 1964) these authors recorded Mesophylla macconnelli, Prornops nasutus, and Phylloderma stenops from Trinidad bringing the number of species known from the island to 61. In August 1967, one of us (R. J. Baker) and Larry Deaven netted bats on Trinidad in connection with ongoing studies of chiropteran karyology, and obtained two species not previously recorded.