South Dakota Bat Working
Group
Bats of South Dakota
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BATS FOUND
IN SOUTH DAKOTA
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COMMON
NAME
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SCIENTIFIC
NAME (see explanations here)
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ASM |
WBG |
East SD |
West SD |
| Red bat | Lasiurus borealis borealis (Muller, 1776 ) | Yes | Yes | ||
| Hoary bat | Lasiurus cinereus cinereus (Palisot de Beauvios, 1796) | Yes | Yes | ||
| Silver-haired bat | Lasionycteris noctivagans (Le Conte, 1831) | Yes | Yes | ||
| Northern long-eared Myotis | Myotis
(keeni) septentrionalis (van Zyll de
Jong, 1979) |
Yes | Yes | ||
| Little brown Myotis | Myotis lucifugus carissima (Thomas 1904) | (Yes) | Yes | ||
| Myotis lucifugus lucifugus (le Conte 1831) | Yes | (Yes) | |||
| Western small-footed bat | Myotis
(leibii) ciliolabrum (van
Zyll de Jong, 1984) |
Yes | Yes | ||
| Black Hills Fringed Myotis | Myotis thysanodes pahasapensis (Jones and Genoways, 1967) | Yes | |||
| Western long-eared Myotis | Myotis evotis evotis (Allen, 1864) | Yes | |||
| Long-legged Myotis | Myotis volans interior(Miller, 1914) | Yes | |||
| Big brown bat | Eptesicus fuscus pallidus(Young 1908) | (Yes) | Yes | ||
| Eptesicus fuscus fuscus (Palisot de Beauvois, 1796) | Yes | (Yes) | |||
| Townsend's big-eared bat | Corynorhinus townsendii pallescens (Tumlison & Douglas, 1992) | Yes | |||
| Evening bat |
Nycticeius humeralis humeralis (Rafinesque 1819) | Yes | |||
| Eastern pipistrelle | Perimyotis (Pipistrellus)
subflavus subflavus (Cuvier 1832) |
Yes | Yes | ||
| BATS THAT MIGHT BE FOUND IN SOUTH DAKOTA | |||||
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| Indiana bat | Myotis sodalis(Miller & Allen 1928) | ||||
| Mexican Free-tailed bat | Tadarida brasiliensis mexicana (Saint-Hilaire 1824) | ||||
| Pallid bat | Antrozous pallidus pallidus (Allen 1862) | ||||
| Spotted bat | Euderma maculatum (Allen 1891) | ||||
PHOTOGRAPHS OF BATS FOUND IN SOUTH DAKOTA
Townsends
Long-eared Bat - Corynorhinus
townsendii
Roosts
in caves/abandoned mines throughout the Black Hills
region,
and is a species of 'special concern' because of its
vulnerability to disturbance.
Copyright: Mike Roedel
(left); Rick Adams (mid); Joel Tigner (right)
Hoary bat - Lasiurus
cinereus
This
solitary tree-roosting bat is found throughout the
state.
Copyright: Liz Hansen
Red
bat - Lasiurus
borealis
This
solitary tree-roosting bat is found throughout the
state.
Copyright: Nels Troelstrup
(both)
Silver-Haired Bat - Lasionycteris
noctivagans
This
solitary tree-roosting bat is found throughout the
state.
Copyright: Vicki Swier
Little Brown Bat - Myotis lucifugus
This commensal species is often found in buildings throughout state.
Copyright: Vicki Swier
Fringed Bat -
Myotis
thysanodes
Found
in caves/abandoned mines, & snags throughout the Black
Hills region. This small bat is a species of 'special
concern'.
Copyright: Phil Henry
Evening Bat -
Nycticeius humeralis
Found
in the Sioux City area in southeastern SD by Brandon
Bales & Jeff Lane.
Photographs: Brandon
Bales
Northern
Long-eared Bat-
Myotis septentrionalis
Copyright: Laura Stastny (left); Brandon Bales (right)
Long-eared
Myotis -
Myotis evotis
Found
throughout the Black Hills region.
Copyright: Joel Tigner
Big Brown Bat - Eptesicus fuscus
This commensal species is often found in buildings throughout state.
Copyright: Phil Henry (left), Liz Hansen (right - note light coloration in this subspecies, i.e., pallidus)
Eastern
Pipistrelle Perimyotis (ex-Pipstrellus) subflavus
Found
in Black Hills region.
Copyright: Barbara Muenchau (left), Brandon Bales
(right)
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