Myotis austroriparius (Rhodes 1897)

D, K D., L, A M., M, B, B, R J. & A, L K., 2012, N C R 14 B S B S S T D S H S, Occasional Papers of the Museum 315, pp. 1-16 : 3

Myotis austroriparius (Rhodes 1897)

Southeastern Myotis

The southeastern myotis is known throughout the southeastern United States and as far west as Texas where it can be found in the Pineywoods, Central Texas Plains, and Western Gulf Coastal Plains of the state ( Ammerman et al. 2012). The distribution for this bat in Texas is restricted to the eastern part of the state with the exception of a record in Comanche County. The male specimen collected in Comanche on 13 October 1995 extended the known range for the species by 240 km ( Higginbotham and Jones 2001). We report on five voucher specimens supporting the report by Mirowsky et al. (2004) of M. austroriparius roosting in Smith County in eastern Texas.

Smith County.— Two adult males were received on 9 July 2009 and 7 November 2009 ( TTU 113398 , TK 171010; TTU 113400 , TK 171012). An adult female ( TTU 113389 , TK 171001) was received on 14 March 2010. Juvenile males were received on 17 June 2010 and 13 July 2010 ( TTU 113397 , TK 171009; TTU 113401 , TK 171013). Partial sequences from the cytochrome- b gene from two of these specimens (TK 171001 and TK 171009) were collected and compared to reference sequences from GenBank as additional confirmation of species identification .