Mammals of Washington, Volume 2: University of Kansas Publications Museum of Natural HistoryDalquest, Walter Woelber
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Mammals of Washington, Volume 2: University of Kansas Publications Museum of Natural History
Dalquest, Walter Woelber
Mammals -- Washington (State)
SOREX PALUSTRIS.--This species has a wide range in North America and
extends southward in the Cascade-Sierra Nevada Chain to southern
California. Its extensive range at present in this mountain chain
suggests that it was resident in the Cascades previous to Wisconsin
time. Mountain water shrews probably reached the Olympic Mountains from
the Cascades by way of the Puget Bridge in early Recent Time.
SOREX BENDIRII.--This Pacific Coastal species probably had a history
very similar to that of _Neurotrichus_ and _Scapanus orarius_.
The difference between the Bendire water shrews of western Washington
and western Oregon indicates that the Washington population was
separated from the shrews of western Oregon during Vashon Time. The
white-bellied race of the Olympic Peninsula is probably of local
origin.
MICROSOREX HOYI.--The Washington record of this shrew at Loon Lake,
Stevens County, is in an area where mammals typical of the Rocky
Mountain Fauna occur.
MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS.--The dark race of this species (_alascensis_) may have
persisted through the glacial period in southwestern Washington. The
race _carissima_, of the Great Basin Fauna, may have entered the state
since the glacial period, from the south, of course. Habitat selection
determines their range at present.
MYOTIS YUMANENSIS.--The dark, coastal race (_saturatus_) seems to be an
established member of the Pacific Coastal Fauna. Unlike _lucifugus_, the
coastal race is not found east of the Cascades. The race _sociabilis_,
of the Great Basin, has doubtless entered the desert of eastern
Washington from eastern Oregon.
MYOTIS KEENII.--The southernmost record station for this north coastal
species is on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington. It probably developed
in the humid, northern part of the Pacific Coastal area previous to the
last Pleistocene glaciation and extended its range to the south in
Vashon-Wisconsin Time. The range of tolerance in _M. k. keenii_ seems to
be more restricted than that of _M. lucifugus alascensis_.
MYOTIS EVOTIS.--In Washington, the distribution of this bat is similar
to that of _Myotis lucifugus_. The dark, forest race probably originated
in the north-coastal region. The paler race, that developed in the
southwest, entered eastern Washington from Oregon.
MYOTIS THYSANODES.--In Washington this species has been recorded only in
the southeastern part where the Great Basin Fauna occurs. It probably
originated in the southwestern United States, and a point in British
Columbia a little way north of Washington marks the northern edge of its
natural range.
MYOTIS VOLANS and MYOTIS CALIFORNICUS.--Remarks made about _Myotis
lucifugus_ apply also to these two species.
MYOTIS SUBULATUS.--The northwestern periphery of the range of this
species seems to be in eastern Washington.
LASIONYCTERIS NOCTIVAGANS.--Undifferentiated subspecifically from coast
to coast, no basis is provided for judging the route by which this
species entered the state.
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