South
Dakota Bat Working Group
Bats
of South Dakota
Last update 12/2011
BATS
FOUND IN SOUTH DAKOTA
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COMMON
NAME |
SCIENTIFIC
NAME (see
explanations here) |
ASM |
WSBG |
East River |
West River |
| 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 (Plecotus) townsendii pallescens (Tumlison & Douglas, 1992) | Yes | |||
| Evening bat |
Nycteceius 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) | Possible | |||
| Mexican Free-tailed bat | Tadarida brasiliensis mexicana (Saint-Hilaire 1824) | Possible | Possible | ||
| Pallid bat | Antrozous pallidus pallidus (Allen 1862) | Possible | |||
| Spotted bat | Euderma maculatum (Allen 1891) | Possible | |||
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, and snags throughout the Black Hills region. This small bat is
a species of 'special concern'.
Copyright: Phil Henry
Evening
Bat
Nyctecius
humeralis
Recently found in
the Souix City area in southeastern SD by Brandon Bales and 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: Laura
Stastny (middle), Brandon Bales (right)
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