Yeah, just like Texas is part of Mexico On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 7:46 PM, Rod Goke <rod.g...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> 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 <jkenn...@batcon.org> > >Sent: Jul 26, 2010 4:03 PM > >To: Fritz Holt <fh...@townandcountryins.com> > >Cc: Nico Escamilla <pitboun...@gmail.com>, jerryat...@aol.com, > Texascavers@texascavers.com > >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" > ><fh...@townandcountryins.com> 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:pitboun...@gmail.com] > >> Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 12:26 PM > >> To: jerryat...@aol.com > >> Cc: Texascavers@texascavers.com > >> 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, <jerryat...@aol.com> 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: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com > For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com > >
