PRELIMINARY LIST OF THE MAMMALS OF NEW YORK 6397/3 
Type locality. New York state. 
Faunal position. The red bat breeds throughout the austral zones, 
the transition zone and the lower part of the boreal zone. 
Habitat. Forests, woodlands, groves and parks. The red bat appears 
to be an almost exclusively arboreal species. . 
Distribution in New York. The red bat probably occurs commonly 
throughout New York state, except, perhaps, in the central part of the 
Adirondack region. ‘This species is extensively migratory (Merriam, 
88 p. 85; Miller, ’97a, p. 541-42; Mearns, ’98a, p. 345). 
Principal records. De Kay: “This is the most common species in 
our state” (42, p. 6). Merriam: ‘This species ranks among the least 
common bats of the area under consideration” (’84d, p. 83). Fisher: 
“Next to the little Georgian bat the red bat is the commonest species 
[in the neighborhood of Sing Sing]” (’96, p. 196). Mearns: “ Very 
abundant in this region [the Hudson highlands] during the summer . . . 
During the latter part of October and the first week of November,I have 
seen great flights of them during the whole day” (’98a, p. 345). 
I have found the red bat a common summer resident at Peterboro, 
Madison co. 
Mr Savage writes that, of the bats that occur in the neighborhood 
of Buffalo, the red bat appears to be the most numerous. 
Mr Helme reports that this species is the commonest bat on Long 
Island. 
Addenda 
The following papers should be mentioned which were overlooked in 
preparing the body of this paper: 
De Kay, j. E. Assembly document 161, 1837. New York geological 
and mineralogical reports for 1836, p. 13-15. In this communication it 
is estimated that 60 different species of mammals occur in the state. 
De Kay, J. E. Assembly document 50, 1840. New York geological 
and mineralogical reports for 1839, p. 7-36. In this article 74 mammals 
are mentioned as occurring in the state. The list here given includes 
introduced and fossil forms, also a number of synonyms, several species 
that are mentioned without positive knowledge of their occurrence in 
this state and some few that prove to have been founded on insutfi- 
cient characters, making the number of New York mammals then 
known less than 60. F.J.H.M. 
