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80 miles to the south, and indicate that this shrew occurs throughout the state in favorable habitats. _=Sorex palustris navigator=_ (Baird). Water Shrew.--An individual was observed by M. Raymond Lee at North Creek, seven miles west of Monticello, Abajo Mountains, 8000 feet, San Juan County, on July 10, 1954. Usually we are extremely reluctant to record sight records, but do so in this instance because the water shrew is so distinctive that it can be readily recognized and because the occurrence extends the known range approximately 80 miles southward in Utah. This individual was observed at close range while swimming and foraging in North Creek, and there can be no doubt of its identity. _=Myotis yumanensis yumanensis=_ (H. Allen). Yuma Myotis.--Durrant (1952:43) reported this subspecies from Utah on the authority of Hardy (1941:289) who had specimens from two localities in extreme southwestern Utah. Durrant (1952:41) referred specimen Number 6784, from Willow Creek, 25 miles south of Ouray, Uintah County, to _Myotis lucifugus carissima_. Restudy of this specimen reveals that it is _Myotis yumanensis yumanensis_. This identification has been corroborated by Dr. Philip H. Krutzsch, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and extends the known range of the subspecies _M. y. yumanensis_ approximately 300 miles northeastward in Utah. See also Krutzsch and Heppenstall (1955:126) who record specimens from 2 mi. SW Jensen. _=Myotis subulatus melanorhinus=_ (Merriam). Small-footed Myotis.--This bat previously was known from only seven localities in Utah, which indicated that it occurred in only the western and southern areas of the state. Four additional records are now available from the following localities: Logan Canyon Cave, 15 miles north of Logan, Cache County; Weber College Campus, Ogden, Weber County; University of Utah Campus, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County; Six Mile Canyon, 3-1/2 miles east of Sterling, Sanpete County. These occurrences extend the known range to the eastward in Utah, and indicate a state-wide distribution. Specimens of the subspecies _Myotis s. melanorhinus_ are recorded also from as far north as Double Springs, Custer County, Idaho (Davis, 1939:117). _=Pipestrellus hesperus hesperus=_ (H. Allen). Western Pipistrelle.--Heretofore, the northernmost known specimens of this bat from Utah were from Old Lincoln Highway, 18 miles southwest of Orr's Ranch, Tooele County. Specimen Number 7531 is n
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