First record of Lasiurus xanthinus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in Texas
Higginbotham JL, Ammerman LK, Dixon MT. 1999. First record of Lasiurus xanthinus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in Texas. The Southwestern Naturalist. 44(3):343-347
A mist-netting survey conducted in Big Bend National Park, Texas, during 1996 and 1997 provided a distributional record for the western yellow bat (Lasiurus xanthinus) in Texas. Two adult males and one adult female were captured at the same netting site over a spring along an intermittent stream dominated by cottonwoods (Populus spp.), acacia (Acacia spp.), desert willow (Chilopsisa linearis), and cattail (Typha spp.), in desert lowland. The bats may be expanding their range. The diet of one specimen included Hemiptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, and Orthoptera. The species identification was confirmed with diagnostic restriction sites in the mitochondrial 12S ribosomal RNA gene
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Higginbotham, Jana; Ammerman, Loren; Dixon, Michael
- Date of Issue
- 1998-08
- Units
- BIBE
- Keywords
- Animal Studies, Big Bend National Park Texas, Diet, Distribution, Habitats, western yellow bat (Lasiurus xanthinus)