Myotis sodalis in Florida

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A single Myotis sodalis collected in Old Indian Cave about 3 miles north of Marianna, Jackson County, Florida, on October 14, 1955, apparently constitutes the first record of this bat in Florida and extends the known range of the species approximately 200 miles south of Anniston, Calhoun County, Alabama, the nearest locality from which it has previously been reported (Miller and Allen, U.S. Nat. Mus. Bui. 144, 1928). The specimen, which is in the collections of the University of Florida (No. 560), is an adult female with the following measurements: total length, 87; tail, 34; hind foot, 8; forearm, 38; ear from notch, 14; and ear from crown, 13 mm. It weighed 8.2 grams. A thick blanket of subcutaneous fat was present in the inguinal region and on the lower back, and a heavy deposit occurred between the scapulae. The right uterine horn was slightly...

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