Yuma Myotis
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| Yuma Myotis | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Genus: | Myotis |
| Species: | M. yumanensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Myotis yumanensis (H. Allen, 1864) |
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The Yuma Myotis (Myotis yumanensis) is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family. Yuma Myotis occur in a variety of western lowland habitats where it forages for insects just above the surface of slow moving water. It eats a variety of soft-bodied insects, primarily moths. It is found in British Columbia in Canada, Mexico, and the western United States.[1] It averages 78 millimetres (3.1 in) long and weights 4–8 grams (0.14–0.28 oz), and is similar to Myotis occultus.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Arroyo-Cabrales, J. & Ticul Alvarez Castaneda, S. (2008). "Myotis yumanensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/14213. Retrieved 08 February 2010.
- ^ The Mammals of Texas (2004) by David J. Schmidly and William B. Davis, page 90.
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