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Mary Kay Clark and David S. Lee 
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS . — We thank Appalachian State University, 
Boone, N.C., for donation of the specimen that alerted us to the pres- 
ence of Plecotus townsendii in North Carolina. We also appreciate the 
assistance of Charles O. Handley, Jr., National Museum of Natural His- 
tory; Robert Currie, Office of Endangered Species, U.S. Fish and Wild- 
life Service, Asheville, N.C.; Cato Holler, Jr., Flittermouse Grotto, 
National Speleological Society, Old Fort, N.C.; and Sturgis McKeever, 
who permitted us to examine specimens in his private collection. The 
staff of the Tennessee Valley Authority was most cooperative in helping 
us locate caves. This study was conducted under a special endangered 
species permit (PRT-686498) provided to the N.C. State Museum by the 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Since 1986 cooperative funding from the 
N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission’s Nongame and Endangered 
Wildlife Fund has provided assistance with ongoing field work. 
LITERATURE CITED 
Handley, Charles O. Jr. 1959. A revision of American bats of the genera 
Euderma and Plecotus. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 110:95-246. 
Humphrey, Steven R., and Thomas H. Kunz. 1976. Ecology of a Pleistocene 
relict, the western big-eared bat ( Plecotus townsendii ), in the southern 
Great Plains. J. Mammal 57(3):470-494. 
Rippy, Charles L., and Michael J. Harvey. 1965. Notes on Plecotus townsendii 
virginianus in Kentucky. J. Mammal 46(3):499. 
Accepted 4 December 1986 
