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) |
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]