_Vespertilio subulatus_ Say, Long's Exped. to Rocky Mts.,
2:65 (footnote), 1823, type from the Arkansas River near La
Junta, Otero Co., Colorado.
_Myotis subulatus_, Warren, The Mammals of Colorado, G. P.
Putnam's Sons, New York, 1910. p. 275.
_Distribution in Nebraska._--Northern and western Nebraska.
_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