A second record of Myotis subulatus leibi in North Carolina.

North Carolina Academy of Sciences, Inc. A SECOND RECORD OF MYOTIS SUBULATUS LEIBI IN NORTH CAROLINA Author(s): Albert Schwartz Source: Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society, Vol. 70, No. 2 (December 1954), p. 222 Published by: North Carolina Academy of Sciences, Inc. Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/24334472 Accessed: 27-05-2021 20:38 UTC JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected]. Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at https://about.jstor.org/terms North Carolina Academy of Sciences, Inc. is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society This content downloaded from 216.73.253.254 on Thu, 27 May 2021 20:38:40 UTC All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms 222 Journal of the Mitchell Society [December A SECOND RECORD OF MY OTIS SUBULATUS LEIBI IN NORTH CAROLINA By Albert Schwartz The Charleston Museum, Charleston 16, South Carolina The first report of Myotis subulatus leibi (Audubon and Bachman) in North Carolina was of a specimen taken at Bat Cave, Rutherford Co. (Adams, Jour. Mamm., 31(1): 97-98). Southern specimens of this species are seldom taken, and it seems advisable to record the collection of two additional North Carolina individuals. These were taken by J. C. Nicholls, of Murphy, N. C. at a locality 14 mi. N. E. of Andrews, Swain Co. on January 19, 1954, and are numbers 2749 and 2751 in my collection. These bats, a male and a female, were captured in man-made tunnels which had been constructed for the mining of talc; the area is known locally as Talc Mountain. The tunnels in which the bats were found are about 80 feet deep, and both are moist. One individual was taken in flight in the tunnel and the second was secured as it hung from the wall of the tunnel approximately 60 feet inside the tunnel mouth. Since one of these bats was easily disturbed and was taken in flight, it is possible that on this date Myotis s. leibi may not have been hibernating. Nicholls indicates that he has previously taken two of these bats in these same tunnels. Other bats found associated with Myotis s. leibi at this locality include Pipistrellus s. subflavus, Myotis keeni septentrionalis, Eptesicus fuscus fuscus, and Plecotus macrotis. These specimens of Myotis s. leibi extend the known range of this bat about 85 miles to the southwest in the southern portion of its range and confirm the montane affinities of Myotis s. leibi in the south. VITAMIN A AND TUMOR GROWTH IN GONADECTOMIZED, METHYLCHOLANTHRENE-INJECTED MICE1 By B. Lionel Thuscott2 Department of Anatomy, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Modifications in body stores of vitamin A, following carcinogen administra tion, have been described repeatedly in some animals. The present status of the problem is difficult to evaluate, however, because of the variety of animals, carcinogens, dosages, and routes of administration employed. The data ac 1 Data obtained from a few animals in some of the groups were included in a thesis sub mitted to the faculty of Yale University School of Medicine in candidacy for the degree of Doctor of Medicine (1950). 2 Present address: Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas. This content downloaded from 216.73.253.254 on Thu, 27 May 2021 20:38:40 UTC All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms