Zoology
The Zoology Program manages information on the distribution, status, and biology of vertebrates and invertebrates that occur in Montana, with emphasis on those that are species of conservation concern.
Primary Web Applications
Predicted Habitat Suitability Models
Wildlife Bibliographies
- Fish and Wildlife Recommendations for Subdivision Development
- Effects of Recreation on Rocky Mountain Wildlife
Program Reports
Presentations
- North America Bat Monitoring Surveys in Montana -- September 9, 2024
- Leveraging Community Science to Increase Knowledge of Understudied Species in Montana -- February 6, 2023
- Roadside Surveys for Calling Amphibians in Montana -- February 6, 2023
- Ecology and Life History of Montana Bats -- July 12, 2019
- Bat Survey Field Methods -- July 12, 2019
- Montana Bat Species -- July 12, 2019
- Bat Biology and Montana Bats -- July 12, 2019
- Range of Northern Myotis in Montana -- February 21, 2019
- Cave Biota of the Northern Rockies -- May 1, 2018
- Use of Caves by Bats in Montana -- August 2, 2018
- Talus Surveys for Montana Bats -- February 20, 2018
- Assessment of Bridges in Eastern Montana to Identify Active Season Bat Roosts -- February 20, 2018
- Montana Bat Call Identification -- April 16, 2015
- Montana's Bat Acoustic Surveillance Efforts -- March 5, 2015
- Bat Use of Bridges in Western Montana -- February 20, 2015
- Montana Efforts to Monitor Year-Round Bat Activity Patterns and Roost Habitats -- April 2013
- Bat Activity in Riverine Stands of Native Plains Cottonwood and Naturalized Russian Olive in Southeastern Montana -- April 9, 2012
- Assessment of Lentic Breeding Amphibians in Montana: management insights from CART analyses -- October 2010
- Land Mollusk Fauna of Montana: Biogeography, Conservation Status, and Prospects -- Presentation to the Montana Wildlife Society Meeting, Helena, MT February 25, 2009
- Distribution, Identification, Status, and Habitat Use of Montana's Amphibians and Reptiles -- June 2009
- Detection of (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis), the Chytrid Fungus - Associated with Global Amphibian Declines, in Montana Amphibians -- February 2004
Posters
- Bivalves of Montana
- Salamanders of Montana
- Frogs and Toads of Montana
- Turtles and Lizards of Montana
- Snakes of Montana
- Bats of Montana
Keys and Other Identification Materials
Survey Protocols
Please reach out to us for digtal entry via Survey123 forms at mtnhp@mt.gov- North America Bat Monitoring Protocol
- Small Mammal Trapping Survey Protocol and Form
- Bat Bridge Survey Form
- Bat Mistnet and Bridge Capture Form
- Pond Breeding Amphibian Survey Protocol and Form
- Amphibian Calling Survey Protocol
- Coeur d'Alene Salamander Survey Form
- Western Toad Survey Protocol and Form
- Reptile Site Survey Protocol and Form
- Montana Freshwater Mussel Survey Protocol and Identification
- Xerces Montana Bumble Bee Atlas
Montana Bird Distribution Materials
- P.D. Skaar's Montana Bird Distribution, 7th Edition (2012)
- 2012 Montana Bird Check List
- Montana Bird Distribution QQLL Reference Maps
