A New Name for the Mexican Red Bat

A New Name for the Mexican Red Bat
E. RAYMOND HALL
Long inrolled tail; femoral patagium as in the vespertilios. Teeth 4/2, 1/1, 4/5 or 5/5.
As may be readily seen by comparing specimens of L. borealis and L. cinereus from Mexico (or also from any place in North America north of Mexico), the description by Saussure applies to the hoary bat ( Lasiurus cinereus ) and not to the red bat ( Lasiurus borealis ).
The Mexican red bat, thus, is left without a name, and for it I propose
Lasiurus borealis ornatus new subspecies
Type. —Skin (8492 U.S. Nat. Mus.), and corresponding skull (37578 U.S. Nat. Mus.), sex not recorded on the label; Penuela, Veracruz; 20 February 1866; obtained by F. Sumichrast.
Range. —Approximately the southern two-fifths of Mexico; exact limits of range unknown.
Diagnosis. —Resembles Lasiurus borealis teliotis (H. Allen) but feet, interfemoral membrane, and under side of wings much less hairy.
Comparisons. —From L. b. teliotis , which occurs to the northwest, L. b. ornatus differs in the restricted peripheral distribution of the fur (see Miller, N. Amer. Fauna, 13:112, October 16, 1897). From Lasiurus borealis frantzii (Peters), which occurs to the southward, L. b. ornatus differs in longer forearm (41 versus 37); upper parts lighter rufescent or chestnut, the back being only lightly overlaid with this color; underparts washed with lighter buff, the basal tone plumbeous, instead of blackish; skull larger (see Goldman, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 45:148, September 9, 1932).
Transmitted October 20, 1951.
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