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Article: Roost sites of Allen's lappet-browed bats (Idionycteris phyllotis).(NOTES)(Report)
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- Southwestern Naturalist
- Article date:
- June 1, 2009
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Allen's lappet-browed bat (Idionycteris phyllotis) is among the rarest bats in North America (Western Bat Working Group, http://wbwg.org/species_accounts/vespertilonidae/idph.pdf). It occurs from central Mexico northward through the southwestern United States, including Arizona, New Mexico, southern Nevada, and southern Utah (Adams, 2003). Recorded locations range from the Mojave Desert to fir (Abies) forest at elevations of 403-3,225 m, but most have been reported from elevations of 1,100-2,500 min oak-juniper (Quercus-Juniperus) woodland and ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) forest (Brown et al., 2005).
The study area was in the Grand Staircase province of the ...