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Puerto del Triunfo, Dept., Usulutan
Dec., 28, 1925 - Jan., 25, 1924
Brown leaf-nosed Bat - Morcigalo
Brown leaf-nosed bats were found
commonly around the old buildings
at Puerto del Triunfo. At dusk in the
evening they chased up and down the
porches and under the cave of the old hotel where
we were staying. Although the lesser bats,
their associates here, apparently stayed
around close to the building all night,
this species soon wandered off into
the more open spaces. In the opposite
end of the old hotel, where a large
room had been used for a stable
I saw eight Brown leaf-nosed bats
clinging in a dark corner. By shooting
into this bunch I collected Nos. 10959,
10960, 10961, and 10963. In another corner
of the same room I saw two or three more.
Others collected in the old hotel were
Nos. 10924 and 11005. In the dense jungle
where a little stream started suddenly
with banks about four feet high, I
saw two of these bats as they flew
out of one hole in the bank into another.
I was able to see one clinging to a
root and shot it with my shot pistol.
(No. 10927) In this immediate region I saw
others in similar holes in the ditch bank.