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P. PEARSON
1949
25
Hence 2 or less young ?, 8 or more young ??, 4 recent matings one of them a tiny nipple ?.
Total of all tunnels:
??
epidid large 32
medium 3
small 8
43
?? nipple large or medium 25
small 12
tiny 19
56
Weights of [illegible] specimens
?? epidid large 8.1, 7.7, 8.4, 7.4,
epidid small 9.5, 10.0, 10.2, 8.8
?? nipple small-med. 10.0, 9.3
The leaniness of young males seemed due to more fat than an old male. One old male had no fat at all.
How would he survive the winter ?
Temperature in my tunnel (with most bats) varied during the night between 44 and 47°F. The temperature outside was as low as 26°. But coldest was the Merry-Todd tunnel which also had lots of bats. Both these tunnels were cold + drafty. Shorter & blind tunnels were warmer and had few bats. The one at Knopfville where I left a half dozen females on my last visit and