Klotz, T. L.

Risch, Thomas S.

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Journal of the Arkansas Academy of ScienceVolume 63 Article 282009New County Distribution Record for the SeminoleBat in ArkansasT. L. KlotzArkansas State University, tracyl.klotz@smail.astate.eduThomas S. RischArkansas State UniversityFollow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaasPart of the Zoology CommonsThis article is available for use under the Creative Commons license: Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0). Users are able toread, download, copy, print, distribute, search, link to the full texts of these articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking priorpermission from the publisher or the author.This General Note is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks@UARK. It has been accepted for inclusion in Journal of the ArkansasAcademy of Science by an authorized editor of ScholarWorks@UARK. For more information, please contact scholar@uark.edu.Recommended CitationKlotz, T. L. and Risch, Thomas S. (2009) "New County Distribution Record for the Seminole Bat in Arkansas," Journal of the ArkansasAcademy of Science: Vol. 63 , Article 28.Available at: http://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas/vol63/iss1/28Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science, Vol. 63, 2009190New County Distribution Record for the Seminole Bat in ArkansasT.L. Klotz1,2 and T.S.Risch11Arkansas State University, Department of Biological Sciences, State University AR 724672Correspondence: tracyl.klotz@smail.astate.eduArkansas is home to sixteen species of bats(Chiroptera) (Sealander and Heidt 1990) includingthree federally endangered species. An additional fourspecies are listed in the Arkansas Wildlife Action Plan(Anderson 2006) as species of greatest conservationneed: Rafinesque’s big-eared bat (Corynorhinusrafinesquii), Small-footed bat (Myotis leibii),Southeastern bat (Myotis austroriparius), andSeminole bat (Lasiurus seminolis). The Seminole bathas a global rank of secure; however in Arkansas it isranked S3-rare to uncommon. We captured an adultfemale Seminole bat during the fall of 2008 in abottomland hardwood forest in Poinsett County, AR.The Seminole bat has previously been reportedfrom southern and western Arkansas (Sealander andHoiberg 1954, Saugey et al. 1989, Heath et al. 1983,Steward et al. 1986, Wilhide et al. 1998, Tumlison et al.2002, Perry and Thill 2007). However there is littleinformation on the presence of this species in theArkansas delta (Fokidis et al. 2005, Sasse and Saugey2008). On 17 September 2008 an adult femaleSeminole bat was captured in the Earl Buss/Bayou DeView Wildlife Management Area (WMA). This areacontains 1721.5 ha of primarily bottomland hardwoodforest. The capture location was 2.9 km west ofWeiner, Poinsett County at N35°37’22.3”W90°56’35.7”. The bat was captured using a mist netplaced over an access road and was released at the siteof capture after data collection. The bat was non-reproductive thus it is not known if this species isutilizing the area for maternity roosting. Previousresearch conducted at this study site (Fokidis et al.2005; Medlin and Risch 2008) did not reveal thisspecies. However a single non-reproductive femaleSeminole bat was captured in Wapanocca NationalWildlife Refuge located in Crittenden County, AR anda single non-reproductive female at Holland BottomsWMA located in Lonoke County, AR (Fokidis et al.2005). This species has also been documented inWoodruff County, however no specific details aboutthe capture were reported (Sasse and Saugey 2008).These capture locations, like Earl Buss/Bayou DeView WMA, contain areas of large bottomlandhardwood forest.Proper management of this infrequentlyencountered Arkansas species will require additionaldata, distribution and habitat affiliations, to determineappropriate conservation actions. Although theSeminole bat is not encountered often in the Arkansasdelta, the recent captures suggest that this species maybe utilizing this habitat more extensively thanpreviously suspected. Additional research on theSeminole bat in the Arkansas delta is needed todetermine the overall importance of this ecoregion toSeminole bat.AcknowledgmentsSpecial thanks for assistance in the field to StephenBrandebura, Phillip Jordan and the students enrolled inthe fall 2008 Mammalogy class at Arkansas StateUniversity.Literature CitedAnderson JE (Ed). 2006. Arkansas Wildlife ActionPlan. Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, LittleRock, Arkansas.Fokidis HB, SC Brandebura, and TS Risch. 2005.Distribution of bats in bottomland hardwoodforests of the Arkansas Delta Region. Journal ofthe Arkansas Academy of Science 59:74-9.Heath DR, GA Heidt, DA Saugey, and VR McDaniel.1983. Arkansas range extensions of the Seminolebat (Lasiurus seminolus) and the eastern big-earedbat (Plecotus rafinesquii) and additional countyrecords for the hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus),silver-haired bat (Lasionycteris noctivigans) andevening bat (Nycticeius humeralis). Proceedingsof the Arkansas Academy of Science 37:90-1.Medlin RE Jr, and TS Risch. 2008. Habitatassociations of bottomland bats, with focus onRafinesque's big-eared bat and SoutheasternMyotis. The American Midland Naturalist.160:400-12.190Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science, Vol. 63 [2009], Art. 28Published by Arkansas Academy of Science, 2009New County Distribution Record for the Seminole Bat in ArkansasJournal of the Arkansas Academy of Science, Vol. 63, 2009191Sasse D, and D Saugey. 2008. Rabies prevalenceamong and distribution records of Arkansas bats.Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science62:159-60.Saugey DA, DR Heath, and GA Heidt. 1989. Thebats of the Ouachita Mountains. 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