Bats of British Columbia /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nagorsen, D. W.
Corporate Author: Royal British Columbia Museum
Other Authors: Brigham, Robert Mark, 1960-, McTaggart-Cowan, Ian, 1910-2010
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Vancouver : UBC Press, [1993]
Series:Mammals of British Columbia ; v. 1.
Handbook (Royal British Columbia Museum)
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • General biology
  • Form and structure
  • Echolocation
  • Food habits
  • Reproduction, development of young and longevity
  • Torpor and hibernation
  • Roosting sites
  • Public health
  • Conservation
  • Studying bats
  • Bats in British Columbia
  • Taxonomy and nomenclature
  • Checklist of British Columbia bats
  • Identification keys
  • External features
  • Cranial and dental characters
  • Species accounts
  • California myotis (Myotis californicus)
  • Western small-footed myotis (Myotis ciliolabrum)
  • Western long-eared myotis (Myotis evotis)
  • Keen's long-eared myotis (Myotis keenii)
  • Little brown myotis (Myotis lucifugus)
  • Northern long-eared myotis (Myotis septentriomalis)
  • Fringed myotis (Myotis thysanodes)
  • Long-legged myotis (Myotis volans)
  • Yuma myotis (Myotis yumanensis)
  • Western red bat (Lasiurus blossevillii)
  • Hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus)
  • Silver-haired bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans)
  • Big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus)
  • Spotted bat (Euderma maculatum)
  • Townsend's big-eared bat (Plecotus townsendii)
  • Pallid bat (Antrozous pallidus).
  • (cont) Selected external measurements and weights for the 16 species of bats in British Columbia
  • Dental formulas for the 16 species of bats in British Columbia
  • Scientific names of plants and animals mentioned in this book.