Yuma Myotis

Yuma Myotis
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Myotis yumanensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. 2008. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/14213. Retrieved 08 February 2010. 
2. ^ The Mammals of Texas (2004) by David J. Schmidly and William B. Davis, page 90.

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