Myotis yumanensis

(H. Allen, 1864)

Yuma Myotis

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Location:USA AZ, Kaibab National forestDate taken:Jul 2, 2018

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Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Yangochiroptera
Superfamily : Vespertilionoidea
Family : Vespertilionidae
Subfamily : Myotinae
Genus : Myotis
Subgenus : Pizonyx

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Allen, H. 1864-06. Monograph of the bats of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 7(1):1-85.

Original name as described

Vespertilio yumanensis

Type material

USNM:MAMM:5367, USNM:MAMM:6019, USNM:MAMM:6020, USNM:MAMM:6021

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

"Fort Yuma." Restricted by G. S. Miller, Jr. in 1924 to "Old Fort Yuma, Imperial County, California, USA, on right bank of Colorado River, opposite present town of Yuma, Arizona."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Canada · United States · Mexico

Subregion distribution

USA(WA, OR, ID, MT, WY, CA, NV, UT, AZ, CO, NM, OK, TX)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 17 names and synonyms.

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