AN UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF RED BATS, LASIURUS BLOSSEVILLII AND LASIURUS BOREALIS, IN BRITISH COLUMBIA.

NAGORSEN, DAVID W.; PATERSON, BRIAN

The article focuses on the conditions of two species of red bats, namely, Lasiurus blossevillii and Lasiurus borealis in British Columbia. It briefs about the DNA sequencing and assessment of a specimen collected from Skagit Valley, which is housed in Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa, in order to understand the current condition of these species within the region. It also informs about the death of these species in northeastern British Columbia and reports about the sightings of these species in other parts of the U.S. and Canada. It also briefs about the seasonal distribution, migration and reproduction of these species.

SKAGIT River Valley (B.C. & Wash.); BRITISH Columbia; UNITED States; CANADA; HAIRY-tailed bats; EASTERN red bat; NUCLEOTIDE sequence; DNA; SEASONAL physiological variations; BAT reproduction; MIGRATION of bats; MAMMALS

Northwestern Naturalist, 2012, Vol 93, Issue 3, p235

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Academic Journal

10.1898/12-01.1