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us intermedius floridanus_ and the Cuban subspecies. _External measurements._--Three adult males from the Sierra de Tamaulipas in Tamaulipas: Total length, 146, 136, 142; length of tail-vertebrae, 69, 67, 70; length of hind foot, 11, 11, 11; length of ear from notch, 17, 16, 17; length of forearm (dry), 53.2, 51.8, 51.9. Corresponding measurements for two adult females from 1 mi. SW Catemaco, Veracruz: 149, 155; 64, 69; 11, 12; 17, 17; 51.8, 55.2. Weight in grams of the Tamaulipan specimens, respectively: 24, 21, 24. For cranial measurements see Table 1. _Records of occurrence._--Specimens examined, 45, as follows: TEXAS: 5-5/8 mi. N Mission, 2 (Texas A & M); _Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge_, 1 (USNM); Brownsville, 13 (4 AMNH; 1 Texas A & M; 8 USNM). TAMAULIPAS: _Matamoros_, 2 (USNM); Sierra de Tamaulipas, 1200 ft., 10 mi. W, 2 mi. S Piedra, 1 (KU); _Sierra de Tamaulipas, 1400 ft, 16 mi. W, 3 mi. S Piedra_, 2 (KU). VERACRUZ: 16 mi. SW Catemaco, 15 (KU). OAXACA: Oaxaca, 1 (British Mus.). CHIAPAS: San Bartolome, 1 (USNM). YUCATAN: Tekom, 1 (Chicago Mus.); Izamal, 5 (USNM). HONDURAS: Rio Yeguare, between Tegucigalpa and Danli, 1 (MCZ). Additional records: TEXAS: _Padre Island_ (Miller, 1897:118); _Cameron County_ (_ibid._). OAXACA: Tehuantepec (Handley, 1960:478). YUCATAN: _Yaxcach_ (not found, Gaumer, 1917:274). Lasiurus intermedius floridanus (Miller) 1902. _Dasypterus floridanus_ Miller, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 54:392, September 12, type from Lake Kissimmee, Oceola Co., Florida. _Geographic distribution._--Extreme southeastern Virginia, south along Atlantic Coast to and including peninsular Florida (except possibly extreme southern tip), thence westward to southern Louisiana and the southern part of eastern Texas (see Fig. 2). _Diagnosis._--Size small (see measurements); sagittal crest present but low; interorbital region relatively broad; teeth essentially as in _L. i. intermedius_ except averaging smaller; pelage yellowish-brown to grayish-brown. For comparison with the Cuban subspecies, see account of that subspecies. _Comparisons._--From _Lasiurus intermedius intermedius_, _L. i. floridanus_ differs as follows: averaging smaller (see measurements), especially in forearm and skull; teeth smaller; skull having less prominent sagittal
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