Yuma Myotis

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Yuma Myotis
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)

The Yuma Myotis (Myotis yumanensis) is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family. It is found in Canada, Mexico, and the United States.[1]It averages 78 mm long and weights 4-8 grams, and is similar to Myotis occultus.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. Myotis yumanensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
  2. ^ The Mammals of Texas (2004) by David J. Schmidly and William B. Davis, page 90.
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