Diversity and Distribution of Bats in the Northwest Territories ...

• Main Authors: Wilson, Joanna M, Reimer, Jesika P, Allaire, Danny, Lausen, Cori L
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2014
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Mammalia; Chiroptera; Chordata; Animalia; bats; bat; Northwest Territories
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13426498; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.13426498

(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) The occurrence of bats at the northern limit of their ranges in the Northwest Territories (NT), Canada, is not well documented. We provide information on the diversity and distribution of bat species in the NT by synthesizing available records. Before 2006, only 3 species of bats were known to occur in the NT: Little Brown Myotis (Myotis lucifugus), Northern Myotis (M. septentrionalis), and Hoary Bat (Lasiurus cinereus). Focused bat surveys as well as observations of bats reported by residents have added Long-eared Myotis (M. evotis), Long-legged Myotis (M. volans), Big Brown Bat (Eptesicus fuscus), and Silver-haired Bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans), for a total of 7 confirmed species, plus an additional species that is unconfirmed but suspected to occur (Eastern Red Bat, Lasiurus borealis). Range extensions for Little Brown Myotis, Hoary Bat, and Silver-haired Bat are reported. Both Little Brown Myotis and Northern Myotis are reproducing in the NT and are ...