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Myotis yumanenis
Yuma myotis
Yuma Myotis

Myotis yumanensis
(Vespertilionidae)

Global Rank: G5
State Rank: S3S4

Agency Status
USFWS:
USFS: none
BLM: none
 

General Description
The information for this species is not complete. We hope to have it available soon.

Ecology
Myotis yumanensis is usually found in large mixed colonies together with the little brown bat (Hoffmann and Pattie 1968).

Reproductive Characteristics
This bat has only one young per year, and nothing is known about the mating and social system or natal sex ratio of this species. Mating is expected to be nonselective as in the little brown bat (Milligan 1993).

Citations & Sources
  • Foresman, K.R. 2001. The wild mammals of Montana. Special Publication No. 12. American Society of Mammalogists
  • Hoffmann, R. S. and D. L. Pattie. 1968. A guide to Montana mammals: identification, habitat, distribution and abundance. Univ. Montana Printing Serv. 133 pp.
  • Hoffmann, R. S., D. L. Pattie and J. F. Bell. 1969. The distribution of some mammals in Montana. II. Bats. J. Mammal. 50(4):737-741.
  • Milligan, B. N., and R. M. Brigham, 1993. Sex ratio variation in the yuma bat (MYOTIS YUMANENSIS). Can. J. Zool. 71:937-940.
  • NatureServe Explorer: An online encyclopedia of life [web application]. 2002. Version 1.6 . Arlington, Virginia, USA: NatureServe. Available: http://www.natureserve.org/explorer. (Accessed: March 20, 2003 ).
 

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