~Lasiurus cinereus cinereus~ (Beauvois)
Hoary Bat
_Vespertilio cinereus_ (misspelled _linereus_) Beauvois,
Catal. Raisonne 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 obtained on August
15, 1913.
In addition to the bats named above, six other kinds possibly occur in
Nebraska. These, along with an indication of the part of the state in
which each is to be looked for, are as follows:
_Myotis grisescens_ Howell, southeastern part of state.
_Myotis sodalis_ Miller and Allen, southeastern part of
state.
_Myotis thysanodes thysanode
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