. California mammals. Mammals. VESPERTILIONID^E 263 Genus Antrozous Allien. (Cave—animal.) Ears not joined at base; muzzle l^lunt; lower lip free. Dental formula, I, 1—2 ; C, i—i; P, 1—2 ; M, 3—3X2=28. Antrozous pallidus Lecontk. (Pallid.) PALE BAT. Size large; ears large; tragus slender, nearly straight, a little less than half as high as the ear conch ; interfemoial membrane of moderate size; wings broad; back pale drab gray, most of the hairs with faintly dusky tips; below grayish white, tinged with drab on the sides. Length about no mm. ( inches) ; tail vertebrre 40 () ; ear fromi
. California mammals. Mammals. VESPERTILIONID^E 263 Genus Antrozous Allien. (Cave—animal.) Ears not joined at base; muzzle l^lunt; lower lip free. Dental formula, I, 1—2 ; C, i—i; P, 1—2 ; M, 3—3X2=28. Antrozous pallidus Lecontk. (Pallid.) PALE BAT. Size large; ears large; tragus slender, nearly straight, a little less than half as high as the ear conch ; interfemoial membrane of moderate size; wings broad; back pale drab gray, most of the hairs with faintly dusky tips; below grayish white, tinged with drab on the sides. Length about no mm. ( inches) ; tail vertebrre 40 () ; ear fromi crown 25 (i). Type locality, El Paso. Texas. The pale Bat is found from western Texas through the arid region of the Sierra Nevada and San Bernardino Mountains. They do not seem to be common any- Antrozous pallidus pacificus AIerriam. PACIFIC PALE BAT. Averaging larger than pallidus; darker; above brownish white more or less heavily tipped with sq^ia or drab, a patch on the back of the neck and sometimes one on the rump with little or no dark tips to the hairs; below buff or brownish buff. Type locality, old Fort Tejon, California. Pacific Pale Bats appear to be generally distributed along the Pacific coast west of the Cascade Mountains and Sierra Ne- vada from the Columbia River south to Cape St. Lucas, in the valleys, foothills, and lower mountains. They do not appear to be common. The voung are born about the first of Ju .. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Stephens, Frank. San Diego, Calif. : West Coast Pub. Co.
Size: 1548px × 1614px
Photo credit: © Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubjectmammals, bookyear1906
