Excerpt from Illustrated Key to Skins and Skulls of Bats in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic StatesIn teaching students and technicians how to identify the skins and skulls of southeastern bats in the field and laboratory, it was necessary to develop an illustrated key that makes identification both easy and reliable. Many of the existing keys are poorly illustrated, include bat species that are not applicable, and/or contain univariate discriminatory measurements that can result in inaccurate identifications. We constructed a key that allows users to easily and accurately identify the skin and skulls of 17 bat species that inhabit the Southeastern and mid-atlantic regions (north of central Florida and east of the Mississippi River).Michael A. Menzel is a wildlife biologist with West Virginia University's Division of Forestry, jennifer M. Menzel is a research wildlife biologist with the usda Forest Service's Northeastern Research Station, steven B. Castleberry is a wildlife biologist and assistant professor with the University of Georgia's D. B. Warnell School of Forest Resources, james ozier is a wildlife biologist with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, W mark ford is a research wildlife biologist with the Northeastern Research Station, john W edwards is a wildlife biologist and assistant professor with West Virginia University's Division of Forestry.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.