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C Koford
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Artibeus jamaicensis & litoratus
October 30, 1956
November 2, 1956
Barro Colorado Is. Gnal Zone
♀ 1824 (A.lit.palm.)
Took ♀+♂ 1827 in mist net let mr Chopman Home evening.
Same net took Glossophaga ♂ (07/1826) by morning. Cve of a lit. poly.
Nov. 3-4 took Artibeus jamaicensis, 07/1830, ♀ 1831 in same
net in clearing edge clearing Max height 8' above ground.
Cve Nov. 2 took 3 about 6:45 within 5 min. after setting
up mist net at Snyder Molina I. Took ♂ by about 11 p.m.,
when took down net because bats smeking it. No other lewis
taken here, but smaller bats seen flying sun + a.m.
One adult examined was ♀ with wings 3 wide x 4 high, fore-
arm 69 long, 67 gms (after in cage 12 hrs.), measuring
97-0-20-23 mm. // I clipped toes from 7 others + re-
leased them. Flight low & heavy. One hung up in Georgia
immediately. Marks:
L R RR scrotal
(111) (111) ♀ test. O 70 mm, forearm A.l.p.
♂ 62 mm.,
A.jj ?
♂ 65 mm.
A.l.p.
♀ 63 mm.
A.l.p.?
♀ imm. 61mm. vag. imperf. A.j.j. ?
♀ imm. 64 mm.
A.l.p.?
+111 ♂ 66 test. abd. A.l.p.
Imm. dark grey & lacked head stripes; adults checked
stripes & brown. Sometimes chip-chip chips when held
hard. // Discarded ♂ testis 3 x 3, abdominal; 87-0-17-25,
46 gms. (after in refrig. 1 wks.); dark gray locks with obscure
facial stripes; forearm 62 mm.
November 10, 1956 Took during night I in mist net at
NE end of 1924 Bldg, then in net at SE side of Chopman House.