An Annotated Checklist of Nebraskan BatsJones, J. Knox
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An Annotated Checklist of Nebraskan Bats
Jones, J. Knox
Bats
_Records of occurrence._--Specimens examined, 9, as follows:
CHERRY CO.: Valentine, 1 (Univ. Nebr. Dept. Zool.). SHERIDAN
CO.: Rushville, 1; 15 mi. N Rushville, 2. SIOUX CO.: Agate,
1 (Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist.); Monroe Canyon, 5-1/2 mi.
N, 2-1/2 mi. W Harrison, 2 (Nebr. Game, Forestation and
Parks Comm.); Warbonnet Canyon, 2 (Univ. Nebr. State Mus.).
Additional records: DAKOTA CO.: Crystal Lake, 1 (Stephens,
1945:92). DAWES CO.: Chadron, 1 (Miller and Allen,
1928:169). SIOUX CO.: Antelope Township, 1 (Quay, 1948:181);
Sugarloaf Township, 1 (Quay, 1948:181).
_Remarks._--This bat is common along the Niobrara River in the
northwestern part of the state. Stephens (_loc. cit._) reports taking
a bat of this species in Dakota County in the northeastern corner of
Nebraska. This specimen was sent to Swenk at the University of Nebraska
for positive identification and was, according to Stephens, deposited
in the Swenk collection. No trace of the specimen can be found at the
present time. It is here assigned to _M. s. subulatus_.
_M. s. subulatus_ has been observed frequently in the Pine Ridge area,
generally in association with _Eptesicus fuscus pallidus_. Two
specimens were shot by us from many that were seen flying over a small
clearing in the pines in northern Sioux County on August 2, 1949.
Several _Eptesicus_ were also obtained there. One of us (Webb) took two
of these bats from their daytime retreat in a barn north of Rushville,
Sheridan County, on September 5, 1951, where _Eptesicus_ was also
found. They are known to inhabit hay barns at the Ft. Niobrara Game
Reserve, Cherry County, also in association with _Eptesicus_. Swenk
(1908:137) reports finding two of these bats under a loose strip of
pine bark in Sioux County.
~Myotis volans interior~ Miller
Hairy-winged Myotis
_Myotis longricus interior_ Miller, Proc. Biol. Soc.
Washington, 27:211, October 31, 1914, type from Twining,
Taos Co., New Mexico.
_Myotis volans interior_, Miller and Allen, Bull. U. S. Nat.
Mus., 144:142, May 25, 1928.
_Distribution in Nebraska._--Badlands area of extreme
northwestern part of state.
_Records of occurrence._--Specimens examined, 2, as follows:
SIOUX CO.: Warbonnet Township, 8 mi. N Harrison, 2
(Cleveland Mus. Nat. Hist.).
_Remarks._--Quay (1948:181) reported finding a colony of approximately
180 of these bats in northern Sioux County in the summer of 1944. They
were found in a crevice in a dry creek bed. He examined several dozen,
all females, two of which were saved as specimens.
The authors, while engaged in field work in this approximate locality
in the summers of 1948 and 1949, were unable to locate any of these
bats.
~Lasionycteris noctivagans~ (Le Conte)
Silver-haired Bat
_V[espertilio], noctivagans_ Le Conte, McMurtrie's Cuvier,
Animal Kingdom, 1:431, June, 1831, type from eastern United
States.
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