Myotis austroriparius Rhoads, 1897

Hoffman, Justin D., Lester, Courtney, Doucet, Darian & Iguwe, Damilola, 2024, UPDATED CHECKLIST AND DISTRIBUTION Of WILD TERRESTRIAL MAMMALS IN LOUISIANA, Occasional Papers of the Museum 389, pp. 1-28 : 8

Myotis austroriparius Rhoads, 1897

Southeastern Myotis

Myotis austroriparius are characteristic of eastern Louisiana, but there have been some reported sightings in the central and northern parts of the state. Stevens et al. (2017) reported new parish records for Beauregard, Caldwell, Catahoula, DeSoto, East Feliciana, Evangeline, Grant, Jackson, LaSalle, Lincoln, Richland, Sabine, St. Landry, Tangipahoa, Union, and Vernon parishes. Additional nonvouchered records were reported from Caldwell and Vernon parishes.

Nonvouchered records (2).— Caldwell Parish (1): United States, 32.216N, -91.938W, 1 (iNaturalist 36466943). Vernon Parish (1): Fort Polk, Leesville, LA, 31.018N, - 93.211W, 1 (iNaturalist 121274001) .

Lasionycteris noctivagans Le Conte, 1831

Silver-haired Bat

Lowery (1974) noted L. noctivagans from one location in Winn Parish. Since then, several surveys have noted occurrences throughout the state, in Vernon Parish ( Lance and Rogowski 1999) and in Cameron and Lincoln parishes ( Hoffman and Chauhan 2020). Stevens et al. (2020) reported several captures of L. noctivagans in the Kisatchie National Forest, however specific records were not provided in that publication. Those specimen records, all from Grant Parish, are provided here.

Specimen records (4).— Grant Parish (4): Kisatchie National Forest, forest service road 556, 31.7569 N, - 92.6128 W, 1 ( TTU 145594 ) ; Kisatchie National Forest , forest road 131, 31.6775 N, - 92.4668 W, 1 ( TTU 155755 ) ; Kisatchie National Forest , pond south of forest road 167, 31.6862 N, - 92.4579 W, 1 ( TTU 155757 ) ; Kisatchie National Forest , forest road 178A, 31.9302 N, - 92.4567 W, 1 ( TTU 155756 ) .