FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION

TITLE: FLORIDA BONNETED BAT CONSULTATION AREA - 2019

Geodataset Name:       CA_BONNETED_BAT_OCT19
Geodataset Type:       Shapefile
Geodataset Feature:    Polygon
Feature Count:         2
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
Florida Bonneted Bat Consultation Area - The area in south Florida that requires consultation with the US Fish and Wildlife Service on potential impacts to the Florida Bonneted Bat. Applicants with projects in the Urban Bat Area should contact the Service for specific guidance addressing this area and individual consultation. The Consultation Key should not be used for projects in this area.
DATA SOURCE(S):                    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     Unknown
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida
PUBLICATION DATE: 201910 TIME PERIOD OF CONTENT: 201910 DOWNLOAD LINK: http://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: CA_BONNETED_BAT_OCT19.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE N. DECIMAL DEGREES
FID
4 OID ---
Shape
0 Geometry ---
Name
50 String ---
OFFICE
25 String ---
ACRES
19 Float 11
DESCRIPT
65 String ---
FGDLAQDATE
8 Date ---

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item
Item Description
FID Internal feature number.

Shape Feature geometry.

Name Name of Consultation area

OFFICE Florida ecological services office responsible for consultation area

ACRES Acres

DESCRIPT GeoPlan Calculated Field to "FLORIDA BONNETED BAT CONSULTATION AREA"

FGDLAQDATE Date GeoPlan acquired data


USER NOTES:
This data is provided 'as is'. GeoPlan relied on the integrity
of the original data layer's topology
This data is provided 'as is' by GeoPlan and is complete to our
knowledge.
GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within
the original data.
Consultation area encompasses all areas where populations are known to exist.

Florida bonneted bat (Eumops floridanus)

Listing Status:  Endangered 
Where Listed: WHEREVER FOUND

General Information
The Florida bonneted bat is a member of the Molossidae (free-tailed bats) family 
within the order Chiroptera. The species is the largest bat in Florida(Owre 1978; 
Belwood 1992). Males and females are not significantly different in size, and there is
no pattern of size-related geographic variation in this species(Timm and Genoways 
2004). Members of the genus Eumops have large, rounded pinnae (ears), arising 
from a single point or joined medially on the forehead (Best et al. 1997). Ears are 
joined at the midline of the head. This feature, along with its large size, distinguishes
the Florida bonneted bat from the smaller Brazilian (=Mexican)free-tailed bat 
(Tadarida brasiliensis). Eumops are among the narrowest of all molossids (Freeman 
1981, as cited in Best et al. 1997) and are well-adapted for rapid, prolonged flight 
(Vaughan 1959 as cited in Best et al. 1997). This wing structure is conducive to 
high-speed flight in open areas (Findley et al. 1972 as cited in Best et al. 1997). The
Florida bonneted bat's fur is short and glossy, with hairs sharply bicolored with a 
white base (Belwood 1992; Timm and Genoways 2004). Like other molossids, color 
is highly variable, varying from black to brown to brownish-gray or cinnamon brown 
with ventral pelage (fur) paler than dorsal (Owre 1978; Belwood 1992; Timm and 
Genoways 2004).

Source: https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp0/profile/speciesProfile?spcode=A0JB

If a project falls within the consultation area impacts to the Florida Bonneted Bat 
should be assessed and consultation with the Fish and Wildlife 
Service should be initiated.

This data is provided 'as is' and its horizontal positional accuracy
has not been verified by GeoPlan

This data is provided 'as is' and its vertical positional accuracy
has not been verified by GeoPlan

Please refer to the Ecological Services Office website responsible for your area of interest 
for current information on this species:

South Florida ESO:
https://www.fws.gov/verobeach/

North Florida ESO:
https://www.fws.gov/northflorida/

Panama City ESO:
https://www.fws.gov/PanamaCity/

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A note about data scale: 

Scale is an important factor in data usage.  Certain scale datasets
are not suitable for some project, analysis, or modeling purposes.
Please be sure you are using the best available data. 

1:24000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the
county level.
1:24000 data should NOT be used for high accuracy base mapping such
as property parcel boundaries.
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made to supply the user with data documentation. For additional
information, see the References section and the Data Source Contact
section of this documentation. For more information regarding
scale and accuracy, see our webpage at:
http://geoplan.ufl.edu/education.html

REFERENCES:
USFWS Ecological services office areas of responsibility:
https://www.fws.gov/northflorida/documents/USFWS_FL_ES_Office_Service_Areas.pdf

South Florida ESO:
https://www.fws.gov/verobeach/

North Florida ESO:
https://www.fws.gov/northflorida/

Panama City ESO:
https://www.fws.gov/PanamaCity/

Species Profile for Florida Bonneted bat (Eumops floridanus)
https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp0/profile/speciesProfile?spcode=A0JB

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
GeoPlan received this dataset from the United States Fish and
Wildlife Service via email on December 20th, 2019.

Dataset was sent by:
Shana DiPalma
Cartographer, Everglades South Team
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
South Florida Ecological Services Office
Vero Beach, FL 


Original Filename: FBB_Consultation_Area_2019.shp
The data downloaded was in shapefile format and was in the following 
projection:
NAD_1983_UTM_Zone_17N

Changed original filename to: ca_bonneted_bat_oct19

-Added and populated OFFICE field.
-Added and populated ACRES field.
-Added and populated DESCRIPT field.
-Added and populated FGDLAQDATE field.
Process Date: 20200116

MAP PROJECTION PARAMETERS:

Projection                          ALBERS
Datum                               HPGN
Units                               METERS
Spheroid                            GRS1980
1st Standard Parallel               24  0  0.000
2nd Standard Parallel               31 30  0.000
Central Meridian                   -84 00  0.000
Latitude of Projection's Origin     24  0  0.000
False Easting (meters)              400000.00000
False Northing (meters)             0.00000

DATA SOURCE CONTACT (S):

Name:
Abbr. Name:
Address:


Phone:

Web site:
E-mail:
Contact Person:
         Phone:
        E-mail:
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, South Florida Ecological Services Field Office
USFWS
South Florida Ecological Services Office, 1339 20th St.
Vero Beach, Florida
32960
772-469-4277

https://www.fws.gov/verobeach/ shana_dipalma@fws.gov Shana DiPalma

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