Black Myotis

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Black Myotis
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Myotis
Species: M. nigricans
Binomial name
Myotis nigricans
Schinz, 1821

The Black Myotis (Myotis nigricans), is a bat species from South and Central America.

Its body is dark Brown/black. The head to body length, not including the tail, is about 5cm (2 in.). The Black Myotis is a tiny bat with a small pointed non-noseleaf snout. Its ears are pointy and triangular, and extremely sensitive. Its forearm-like wings have single claws while its hind feet have five, and its torso is covered in a short hair layer. (MurciƩlago Pardo).

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Low, middle, and higher elevation forests, gardens, agricultural areas; nocturnal; flies in more open areas, along trails, streams, etc.; roosts in trees, rock crevices, buildings.


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