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31 March 2021 Bats (Chiroptera) of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah and Arizona
Grace M. Carpenter, Lonnie H. Pilkington, Alexis R. Levorse, John R. Spence
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Glen Canyon National Recreation Area covers large and geographically unique regions of southern Utah and northern Arizona. However, multiple surveys of bats from 1952 to 2017 have not been published. Prior to 2015, most bat surveys in the recreation area were conducted using mist nets only and did not include acoustic monitoring. In this paper we compile records of bats found in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area from 1952 to 2017, including records from our recent surveys using both mist nets and acoustic sampling. During our recent surveys, 2 new species were captured (Nyctinomops macrotis and Lasionycteris noctivagans), and 2 other new species were documented using acoustic detection (Myotis evotis and Eumops perotis), bringing the total documented bat species in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area to 17 species. This paper sheds light on the diverse bat assemblage of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area that will serve as a baseline for future research and conservation efforts.

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Grace M. Carpenter, Lonnie H. Pilkington, Alexis R. Levorse, and John R. Spence "Bats (Chiroptera) of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah and Arizona," Western North American Naturalist 81(1), 27-39, (31 March 2021). https://doi.org/10.3398/064.081.0103
Received: 12 June 2020; Accepted: 3 September 2020; Published: 31 March 2021
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