Bats of America Barbour and Davis 1959 



The Mamm als of Montana Hoffman and Pattie 1968 



Handbook of Canadian Mammals van Zyll de Jong 1985 



Most bats were released after data were recorded, though if there was 

 a question of identification, or if the bat was considered unusual 

 for the locality or habitat, the bat was collected to be verified 

 later by a ooitpetent authority. 



Site Selection 



The following criteria were used in selecting sites to survey bat 

 distribution and habitat use on the Deer lodge Naticxial Forest: 



1) the location and survey of caves and adits on the Forest 



was a top priority; 



2) representative habitats on the Forest were to be 

 surveyed; 



3) suiveys were to be made throughout the Forest, and; 



4) surveys were to be conpleted within a timeframe dictated 

 by bat behavior: at some time, typically in September, 

 bats would either hibernate of migrate out of the study 

 area. 



The Forest was divided into three broadly defined zcaies; the 

 Phillipsburg and Anaconda area, the Boulder and Basin area, and the 



