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SMALL-FOOTED MYOTIS 

 Myotis subulatus leibii (Audubon and Bachman) 



Vespertilio leibii Audubon and Bachman, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila- 

 delphia, ser. 1, 8 : 284, 1842. 



Myotis winnemana Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XXVI: 183, 8 

 August 1913. (Type from Plummers Island, Maryland.) 



Type locality. — EWe County, Ohio. 



General distribution. — Ontario and southwestern Quebec, south to western 

 North Carolina, and west to southern Iowa, eastern Kansas, and northeastern 

 Oklahoma. 



Distribution in Maryland, — Recorded from Plummers Island, 

 Montgomery County, and Round Top Mountain near Hancock, Wash- 

 ington County. This species probably hibernates in caves in the Alle- 

 gheny Mountain section, and passes through the rest of the State 

 during migrations. 



Distinguishing characteristics, — Similar to Myotis Imcijugus^ but 

 differs in its smaller size, golden tinted fur, black ears, black facial 

 mask, and shorter forearm. The skull is much flatter than that of M. 

 lu^ifugus^ and the braincase narrower. 



Measurements, — ^Two adults from Plummers Island, Montgomery 

 County (the first the type of M, winnemana Nelson) measure as fol- 

 lows : Total length 82, 80 ; tail vertebrae 39, 35 ; hind foot 8, 7 ; greatest 



Myotis subulatus leibii 



O Specimens reported 



• Specimens examined 



79' 



FiGUBE 17. — Distribution of Myotis subulatus leibii. 



