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قراءة كتاب An Annotated Checklist of Nebraskan Bats
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unused portion of a barn loft at Ft. Niobrara Game Reserve on August 11, 1948. Although no temperature readings were taken, it was estimated that the temperature was more than 100° F. in the loft. The bats were congregated on rafters at the north end of the barn and when disturbed, only a few members of the colony dropped from the rafters to fly. Most of the bats crawled to new retreats between the rafters and the corrugated iron roof of the building.
Lasiurus borealis borealis (Müller)
Red Bat
Vespertilio borealis Müller, Natursyst. Suppl., p. 20, 1776, type from New York.
Lasiurus borealis [borealis], Miller, N. Amer. Fauna, 13:105, October 16, 1897.
Distribution in Nebraska.—State-wide in suitable habitat.
Records of occurrence.—Specimens examined, 14, as follows: Lancaster Co.: Lincoln, 13 (Univ. Nebr. State Mus., 11; Univ. Nebr. Dept. Zool., 1). Richardson Co.: 3 mi. SE Rulo, 1 (Nebr. Game, Forestation, and Parks Comm.).
Additional records (Swenk, 1908:139): Cuming Co.: West Point. Douglas Co.: Omaha. Lancaster Co.: Lincoln. Otoe Co.: Nebraska City. Richardson Co.: Humboldt.
Lasiurus cinereus cinereus (Beauvois)
Hoary Bat
Vespertilio cinereus (misspelled linereus) Beauvois, Catal. Raisonné Mus. Peale, Philadelphia, p. 18, 1796, type from Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania.
Lasiurus cinereus, H. Allen, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., 17:21, June, 1864.
Distribution in Nebraska.—State-wide in suitable habitat.
Records of occurrence.—Specimens examined, 11, as follows: Clay Co.: Inland, 1 (Hastings Museum, Hastings, Nebraska). Custer Co.: Broken Bow, 2 (Univ. Mich. Mus. Zool.); Victoria Springs, 1 (Univ. Mich. Mus. Zool.). Furnas Co.: Wilsonville, 1 (Hastings Museum, Hastings, Nebraska). Lancaster Co.: Lincoln, 6 (Univ. Nebr. State Mus., 5; Univ. Nebr. Dept. Zool., 1).
Additional records: Cuming Co.: West Point (Swenk, 1908:139). Douglas Co.: Omaha (Swenk, 1908:139). Gage Co.: Beatrice (Swenk, 1908:139). Lancaster Co.: Lincoln (Swenk, 1908:139). County undesignated: Loup Fork (Miller, 1897:114).
Tadarida mexicana (Saussure)
Mexican Free-tailed Bat
Molossus mexicanus Saussure, Revue et Magasin de Zoologie, Ser. 2, 12:283, July, 1860, type from Cofre de Perote, 13,000 feet, state of Veracruz, Mexico.
Tadarida mexicana, Miller, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 128:86, April 29, 1924.
Distribution in Nebraska.—Known only from Lincoln, Lancaster County.
Records of occurrence.—Specimen examined, 1, as follows: Lancaster Co.: Lincoln, 1 (Univ. Nebr. State Mus.).
Additional record (Zimmer, 1913:665): Lancaster Co.: Lincoln.
Remarks.—The Mexican free-tailed bat is probably rare in Nebraska. The single specimen examined by us was obtained on June 27, 1931, from a downtown business building in Lincoln. According to the label on the specimen, it died in captivity on June 29 after giving birth to one young on June 28. The bat reported by Zimmer (loc. cit.) was also taken in the business district of Lincoln. It was