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Transcription
Quest
1948
Eptesicus fuscus
5
June 12 Pozo Grande, 25°46'N, 112°02'W, Baja California
widely apart, lead turned back with jaws
opened widely and a furious chattering accompanying
them. If two of this species that are wounded and
excited are brought close together, the result is usually
a furious grappling and biting with loud chattering,
the two bats having to be pulled apart. Some are
so furious when hit that they will attempt to
stand up to bite the approaching hand. This
could not be called bluffing but sheer aggression.
June 22 Santa Rosalillo, 25°-ft S.E. end Bahia de Concepcion, Baja Calif.
Five or six of this species appeared over the
reef after 7:40 P.M. When first seen two of
them were flying toward us and then veered to
our right to feed among the tall Cardones and
over the coral and leeward side of a
Palo San Juan and a Mesquite that are assoc-
iated with the coral. The one Eptesicus I shot
kept feeding over the coral and its route
extended slightly past the two before mentioned
trees set on opposite sides of the coral. A
small bat had also taken up the same
route of feeding and kept flying back
and forth in its area. This species, Eptesicus
fuscus, quite obviously has the tendency to
establish favorite feeding areas and begins
working them before dark. The specimen ob-
tained #433 was a female with no embryo.