Myotis septentrionalis Trouessart (Northern Long-eared Bat) Records from the Coastal Plain of North Carolina
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Matina C. Kalcounis-Rüppell, Professor (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: Myotis septentrionalis (Northern Long-eared Bat) is a small, insectivorous
bat found in the eastern United States and Canada. Along the east coast, its range
is thought to extend as far south as the Great Dismal Swamp in coastal Virginia. We
captured six M. seplentrionalis in the northern coastal plain region of North Carolina.
Field identification was based on characters of ear and tragus length and confirmed
with mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I sequences. These captures signify
the presence of a resident population of M. septentrionalis in the northern coastal
plain of North Carolina- Future work is needed to document range limits and hibernation
behavior of this species in the piedmont and eoastal plain of North Carolina.
Myotis septentrionalis Trouessart (Northern Long-eared Bat) Records from the Coastal Plain of North Carolina
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Additional Information
- Publication
- SOUTHEASTERN NATURALIST 8(2);355-362
- Language: English
- Date: 2009
- Keywords
- Bats, Myotis septentrionalis, North Carolina, Habitat, Range, Ecology