Table 1. Summary of bat activity across forested sites in Montana using acoustic recording units deployed year-round from 2011–2019.
Species | Total filtered auto-identified detections | Sites with manually confirmed presence (n = 41) | Calendar months with manually confirmed presence (n = 12) |
---|---|---|---|
Corynorhinus townsendii | 286a | 21 | 5 |
Eptesicus fuscus | 419,335 | 34 | 12 |
Euderma maculatum | 527 | 8 | 8 |
Lasionycteris noctivagans | 364,152 | 37 | 12 |
Lasiurus borealis | 104,724b | 16 | 5 |
Lasiurus cinereus | 262,867 | 39 | 7 |
Myotis californicusckc | 112,147 | 15 | 9 |
Myotis ciliolabrumc | 100,889 | 32 | 12 |
Myotis evotis | 52,912 | 39 | 9 |
Myotis lucifugus | 221,886 | 39 | 10 |
Myotis thysanodes | 3,750 | 16 | 7 |
Myotis volans | 42,001d | 7d | 3d |
Myotis yumanensis | 44,495 | 15 | 8 |
(unidentified) | 3,645,255 | NA | NA |
Bolded species are known or suspected to be affected by WNS; underlined species are documented carriers of Pseudogymnoascus destructans without WNS [42].
a Rarely detected away from roosts due to very quiet calls; auto-identified calls may be confused with other species.
b Auto-identified calls are frequently confused with M. lucifugus; most of these calls may be M. lucifugus.
c M. californicus and M. ciliolabrum not yet been documented with WNS, but are both believed to be susceptible given impacts to closely related M. leibii in the eastern U.S.
d Definitive characteristics for hand confirmation rarely encountered for M. volans; unable to assess accuracy of auto-identified call sequences, but proportion of call volume appears consistent with proportion of capture data in Montana.