Virginia Big-eared Bats (Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus) Roosting in Abandoned Coal Mines in West Virginia

Joshua B. Johnson; John W. Edwards; Petra Bohall Wood

doi:10.1656/1092-6194(2005)012[0233:VBBCTV]2.0.CO;2

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Joshua B. Johnson,^*,** John W. Edwards,^***,**** Petra Bohall Wood^*****

^*West Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit and Division of Forestry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506
^**Current address - University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Appalachian Laboratory, Frostburg, MD, 21532
^***Wildlife and Fisheries Resources Program, Division of Forestry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506-6125
^****Corresponding author - jedwards@wvu.edu
^*****US Geological Survey, West Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit and Division of Forestry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506

Abstract

We surveyed bats at 36 abandoned coal mines during summer 2002 and 47 mines during fall 2002 at New River Gorge National River and Gauley River National Recreation Area, WV. During summer, we captured three federally endangered Virginia big-eared bats at two mine entrances, and 25 were captured at 12 mine entrances during fall. These represent the first documented captures of this species at coal mines in West Virginia. Future survey efforts conducted throughout the range of the Virginia big-eared bat should include abandoned coal mines.

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Joshua B. Johnson, John W. Edwards, and Petra Bohall Wood "Virginia Big-eared Bats (Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus) Roosting in Abandoned Coal Mines in West Virginia," Northeastern Naturalist 12(2), 233-240, (1 June 2005). https://doi.org/10.1656/1092-6194(2005)012[0233:VBBCTV]2.0.CO;2

Published: 1 June 2005

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