Southwestern Myotis

Southwestern Myotis
Southwestern Myotis
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Myotis
Species: M. auriculus
Binomial name
Myotis auriculus
Baker & Stains, 1955

The Southwestern Myotis (Myotis auriculus) is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family. It is found in Guatemala, Mexico, and in Arizona and New Mexico in the United States.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Arroyo-Cabrales, J., Miller, B., Reid, F., Cuarón, A.D. & de Grammont, P.C. (2008). "Myotis auriculus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/14145. Retrieved 07 February 2010.