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- Kingdom - Animals - Animalia
  - Phylum - Vertebrates - Craniata
    - Class - Mammals - Mammalia
      - Order - Bats - Chiroptera
        
        Family - Bats - Vespertilionidae
        
        Species - Yuma Myotis - Myotis yumanensis

Yuma Myotis - Myotis yumanensis

Yuma myotis - Myotis yumanenis

Yuma Myotis Colony - Myotis yumanensis - Cluster in corner of rough board ceiling

Potential Species of Concern

Global Rank: G5
State Rank: S3S4

Agency Status
USFWS: none
USFS: none
BLM: none
CFWCS Tier: 2

General Description

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

Distribution

Montana Range
Possible Resident Not Documented

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

Citation for data on this website:
Yuma Myotis — Myotis yumanensis. Montana Field Guide. Retrieved on September 5, 2008, from http://FieldGuide.mt.gov/detail_AMACC01020.aspx