Myotis evotis (long-eared myotis)
Specimen Images | FW1494 |
| Class | Mammalia |
| Order | Chiroptera |
| Family | Vespertilionidae |
| Genus | Myotis |
| Species | Myotis evotis |
| Common | long-eared myotis |
| Diet | Insectivore |
| Habitat | Older conifer forests. Roosts under bridges, in rock crevices and under bark of large trees/stumps. |
| Description | Suborder Yangochiroptera, formerly Microchiroptera. Long ears for a myotis, >16 mm, not close together. Light color, dark face and ears. Larger than P. hesperus. Uropatagium not distinctly fringed, calcar not keeled. |
| Skull Characteristics | Myotis genus has rostrum narrower than braincase, rounded arches, 2 upper incisors. Vespertilionidae familiy, lower incisors are trifid. |
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