California mammals . y of Bats contains seventeen genera and one hun-dred and fifty or more species, most common in temperate cli-mates. The sexes are alike. The young differ but little fromihe adult. There are no seasonal changes of pelage. VESPERTILIONID^ 2fi3 Genus Antrozous Allien. (Cave—animal.)Ears not joined at base; muzzle blunt; lower lip formula, I, i—2 ; C, i—t ; P, i—2; M, 3—3X2=28. Antrozous pallidas IyE;coNTE. (Pallid.) PALE BAT. Size large; ears large; tragus slender, nearly straight, a littleless than half as high as the ear conch ; interfemoial membrane ofmoderate
California mammals . y of Bats contains seventeen genera and one hun-dred and fifty or more species, most common in temperate cli-mates. The sexes are alike. The young differ but little fromihe adult. There are no seasonal changes of pelage. VESPERTILIONID^ 2fi3 Genus Antrozous Allien. (Cave—animal.)Ears not joined at base; muzzle blunt; lower lip formula, I, i—2 ; C, i—t ; P, i—2; M, 3—3X2=28. Antrozous pallidas IyE;coNTE. (Pallid.) PALE BAT. Size large; ears large; tragus slender, nearly straight, a littleless than half as high as the ear conch ; interfemoial membrane ofmoderate size; wings broad; back pale drab gray, most of thehairs with faintly dusky tips; below grayish white, tinged withdrab on the sides. Length about no mm. () ; tail vertebras 40 ();ear from crown 25 (i). Type locality. El Paso, Texas. The pale Bat is found fromwestern Texas through the aridregion- of the Sierra Nevada andSan Bernardino Mountains. Theydo not seem to be common any-where. Pale Antrozous pallidus pacificus Merriam. PACIFIC PALE BAT. Averaging larger than pallidus; darker; above brownishwhite more or less heavily tipped with sepia or drab, a patch onthe back of the neck and sometimes one on the rump with littleor 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 alongthe Pacific coast west of the Cascade Mountains and Sierra Ne-vada from the Columbia River south to Cape St. Lucas, in thevalleys, foothills, and lower mountains. They do not appear tobe common. The 3oung are born about the first of Ju . 264 CALIFORNIA MAMMAliS. Genus Euderma Allen. (Beautiful—skin.)Ears enormous, joined together at their bases by a low mem-brane across the crown; tragus joined to external lobe of ear; tipof ear rounded; face without evident glandular swellings. Dental formula, I, 2—3 ; C, i—i; P, 2—2; M, 3—3X2^34. Euderma maculatum J. A. Allen. (S
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