BY
OLIN L. WEBB and J. KNOX JONES, JR.
University of Kansas Publications
Museum of Natural History
Volume 5, No. 21, pp. 269-279
May 31, 1952
University of Kansas
LAWRENCE
1952
University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History
Editors: E. Raymond Hall, Chairman, A. Byron Leonard,
Edward H. Taylor, Robert W. Wilson
Volume 5, No. 21, pp. 269-279
May 31, 1952
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas
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FERD VOILAND, JR., STATE PRINTER
TOPEKA, KANSAS
1952
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BY
OLIN L. WEBB and J. KNOX JONES, JR.
The first mention of bats in Nebraska possibly was by HarrisonAllen, in his "Monograph of the Bats of North America" (1864:14,20, 30, 35, 42), who listed Nycticejus crepuscularis [= Nycticeiushumeralis], Lasiurus borealis, Scotophilus carolinensis and Scotophilusfuscus [both = Eptesicus fuscus], and Scotophilus noctivagans[= Lasionycteris noctivagans], as collected in "Nebraska"(then Nebraska Territory) by J. G. Cooper. Henry W. Setzer (inlitt.) reports that none of the bats collected by Cooper now existsin the United States National Museum and that no data pertainingto any of them are available except that a single specimen of Nycticeiushumeralis was traded to the British Museum in 1866. Cooperjourneyed through parts of the present state of Nebraska in thesummer and autumn of 1857 and, judging from Taylor's (1919:72-80)report of Cooper's travels, this was the only time he enteredany part of Nebraska Territory. The writers are of the opinionthat the specimens in question probably were collected in Nebraska;but since Allen listed no exact localities or dates of collection andsince the specimens and data pertaining to them are not now available,we have not included them here as Nebraskan records.
In the first comprehensive account of Nebraskan mammals, MyronH. Swenk (1908:137-139) listed six kinds of bats, Myotis evotis,Myotis californicus ciliolabrum [= Myotis subulatus subulatus],Lasionycteris noctivagans, Eptesicus fuscus, Lasiurus borealis, andLasiurus cinereus, as occurring within the state. Zimmer (1913:665)recorded Nyctinomus mexicanus [= Tadarida mexicana] fromNebraska. Subsequently, Swenk (1915:854) reported Myotis lucifuguslucifugus in the state and three years later (1918:411) hereported Eptesicus fuscus pallidus for the first time. The report ofM. l. lucifugus seemingly was not substantiated by any actual specimens.The addition of Myotis volans interior (Quay, 1948:181)brought to ten the number of species and subspecies of bats reportedfrom the state.
In the present paper, Myotis keenii septentrionalis, Myotis lucifuguscarissima, and Pipistrellus subflavus subflavus are reported[Pg 272]from Nebraska for the first time. Also, the first authentic record ofMyotis lucifugus lucifugus is presented, along with additional informationon previously reported species. A total number of 169specimens from Nebraska was available for the present study. Thisincludes almost all of the known specimens preserved in all collectionsas well as material obtained by us in the past six years.
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