Choeronycteris mexicana Tschudi 1844

D, K D., L, A M., M, B, B, R J. & A, L K., 2012, N C R 14 B S B S S T D S H S, Occasional Papers of the Museum 315, pp. 1-16 : 2

Choeronycteris mexicana Tschudi 1844

Mexican Long-tongued Bat

The Mexican long-tongued bat is one of three species of phyllostomid bats found in Texas ( Ammerman et al. 2012). The species was first captured in Texas on 11 December 1970 at the Santa Ana Wildlife Refuge in Hidalgo County. Since then, occurrences of the Mexican long-tongued bat have been documented in Cameron County at the Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge ( Fernandez et al. 2000), El Paso County ( Balin 2009), and in Midland County as a result of a specimen turned into DSHS ( Schmidly 2004). Two additional specimens submitted to DSHS are new county records for C. mexicana in Nueces and Hays counties. Thus, the distribution of this bat in Texas is enigmatic.

Hays County.— A specimen ( TTU 114602 , TK 173102) was received on 19 October 2010. This specimen represents a new county record for the Edwards Plateau region .

Nueces County.— A specimen ( ASNHC 14494 , TK 171146, skeleton only) was received on 26 November 2008. This specimen represents a new county record for the Western Gulf Coastal Plains region .