Taxonomic Notes on Mexican Bats of the Genus Rhogeëssa

Eugene Raymond HallProject Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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11K words
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2

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Summary

Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.Taxonomic Notes on Mexican Bats of the Genus Rhogeëssa by E. Raymond HallAuthor: Hall, E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond), 1902-1986,Language: English, Class: QH: Science: Natural history, Release Date: Jan 28, 2010

Editor's review

This is a taxonomic note on the Mexican bat genus Rhogeëssa, by E. Raymond Hall, a twentieth-century zoological researcher. The text belongs to natural history and taxonomy within the natural sciences; it is short, and its core work is checking specimens, comparing morphological features, and discussing several taxonomic questions within the genus. For general readers it offers no narrative or popular-science exposition but is a typical academic note: dense with terminology, grounded in specimens and measurements, and cautious in its conclusions. Its value lies in showing how taxonomic research is actually done—how species and subspecies are delimited, how specimen differences are handled, and how morphological comparisons are recorded in words. It suits readers in zoology, museology, or the history of science as a reference, and also readers who want to understand the style of mid-twentieth-century bat taxonomy. Before reading, one had best have basic concepts of mammal taxonomy, or one will be blocked by Latin names and measurement descriptions. As a public-domain scientific text from Project Gutenberg, it is better for consultation and citation than for reading straight through.

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  1. First check the basic taxonomic position of the genus Rhogeëssa, then enter the main text.
  2. Read alongside specimen records and measurement data, noting the author's comparative logic.
  3. Treat it as a reference document and read the discussion and conclusion sections as needed.
  4. Consult modern bat taxonomy alongside it to see how later research has changed.

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FAQ

Is this document a popular-science article? No. It is a taxonomic note for specialist readers, centered on specimen comparison and taxonomic discussion, dense with terminology, with no popular-science narrative for the general public. General readers interested in bats should start with introductory popular science before coming to a document like this.
What background knowledge is needed before reading? It is best to have basic concepts of mammal taxonomy, to know what genus, species, subspecies, and type specimens mean, and to be familiar with how Latin names are used. A foundation in bat morphology will make it smoother; otherwise, look up the relevant terms first.
Does this document still have reference value today? As material for the history of taxonomy and as a record of specific specimen discussions, it still has reference value for understanding the research methods and taxonomic views of its time. But taxonomic conclusions are adjusted as research advances, so it should be used in comparison with modern taxonomic sources.

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About the author

Eugene Raymond Hall Author · American · 1902–1986

E. Raymond Hall (Eugene Raymond Hall, 1902–1986) was an American mammalogist born in Iams, Kansas. He served as curator of the Museum of Mammalogy at the University of California, Berkeley, and from 1944 was chairman of the Department of Zoology and director of the Museum of Natural History at the University of Kansas. He authored Mammals of North America and published more than 340 papers. The database holds 17 of his works, mostly studies of small mammals of North America and Mexico, such as American Weasels, A Synopsis of the North American Lagomorpha, and taxonomic treatises on North American and Mexican bats and carnivores. These works are known for solid specimen records and taxonomic descriptions and remain important references in the field. Public information is limited, so further biographical details cannot be given here.