LV. 



Say Bat. 



Myotis subulatus (Say). 

 (L. subulatus, from subula, an awl, noting the awl-shape of the tragus.) 



Vespertilio subulatus Say, 1823, Long's Exp. Rocky Mts., II, 



p. 65. 

 Myotis subulatus Miller, 1897, N. Am. Fauna, No. 13, p. 75. 

 Type Locality. — Arkansas River, near La Junta, Colo. 



French Canadian, la Chauve-souris de Say. 



This species so closely resembles M. lucifugus that 

 naturalists did not recognize their distinctness until recently. 

 The most obvious difference is in the relative length of the ears, 

 which, when drawn forward, do not reach the end of the muzzle 

 in lucifugus, while in subulatus they overlap it by iV to tV 

 of an inch (2 to 5 mm.). But the long thin tragus is equally 

 distinctive (see Fig. 264, p. 1148). 



Two races are recognized: 



subulatus Say, the typical form. 



keeni Merriam, with longer ears and tail, and darker 

 colour. 



Life-history. 



It has not been taken in Manitoba, but it will be seen by 

 the map (No. 64) that the Province falls within the probable 

 range of the species. 



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