Let's see, subspecies mexicana is part of the species brasiliensis... Sure, that makes perfect sense, ... as long as Mexico is part of Brazil. Right?
;-) -----Original Message----- >From: Jim Kennedy <[email protected]> >Sent: Jul 26, 2010 4:03 PM >To: Fritz Holt <[email protected]> >Cc: Nico Escamilla <[email protected]>, [email protected], >[email protected] >Subject: [Texascavers] Re: free-tailed bats > > >Our common free-tailed bat is _Tadarida brasiliensis_, subspecies >_mexicana_. So it is perfectly acceptable to use either the species >or subspecies epithet as a common name. > >Jim (currently in Elizabethtown, KY) > > >On Jul 26, 2010, at 2:40 PM, "Fritz Holt" ><[email protected]> wrote: > >> I have seen them referred to as Brazilian free-tailed bats in other >> written material and wondered if they were mistaken and should have >> said Mexican or are there two distinct varieties of free-tailed >> bats? What’s the answer, Jim? >> >> Fritz >> >> From: Nico Escamilla [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 12:26 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Cc: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Another LeBlanc article on caving : >> Kickapoo Cavern SP : >> >> Seems like bats no longer want to be Mexican and they turned >> Brasilian, LOL >> must be all the violence going on :-P >> >> On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 10:08 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> Into the dark: Spelunk in the raw abyss of Kickapoo Cavern >> >> By Pamela LeBlanc >> AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF >> >> Updated: 7:24 p.m. Sunday, July 25, 2010 >> >> Published: 5:07 p.m. Sunday, July 25, 2010 >> >> >> Besides the wild cave tours, which are offered by reservation only >> on Saturdays, the park is known for its bat population. From April >> through September, a colony of more than half a million Brazilian >> free-tailed bats swoops out of Stuart Bat Cave, which is slightly >> smaller than Kickapoo Cavern, on a nightly mission to feast on >> insects. >> >> http://www.austin360.com/recreation/into-the-dark-822622.html >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
