Abstract
The central concern of Rodhouse et al. (2008) was the identification of Myotis yumanensis and Myotis lucifugus under field conditions. We demonstrated the potential utility of morphological key characteristics for differentiating the 2 species but also found that the expression of these characteristics could be contradictory within individual bats. We ex pressed concern over the possibility of high misidentification rates for these 2 species and of spurious conclusions that may result. We suggested that multiple lines of diagnostic evi dence should be considered, including those from acoustic and genetic tools. We encouraged future studies of this kind to be undertaken to improve field identification approaches, and we noted several opportunities for improving our study, including the limited use of voucher spec imens and involvement of multiple observers. Carraway (2009) raises several salient and
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