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  - Phylum - Vertebrates - Craniata
    - Class - Mammals - Mammalia
      - Order - Bats - Chiroptera
        
        Family - Bats - Vespertilionidae
        
        Species - Long-eared Myotis - Myotis evotis

Long-eared Myotis - Myotis evotis

Global Rank: G5
State Rank: S4

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

General Description

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General Distribution

Montana Range

Summary of Observations Submitted for Montana

Number of Observations: 437

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Relative Density

Recency

(Records associated with a range of dates are excluded from time charts)

Migration

No available information.

Habitat

MYOTIS EVOTIS is found in wooded and rocky areas (Jones et al. 1973). It has been located hibernating in a mine in riverbreaks habitat in northeastern Montana (Swenson and Shanks 1979).

Food Habits

Stomach contents analysis of 3 specimens from the Ekalaka and Long Pines Hills area of southeast Montana revealed a cicadellid, a chironomid, a small moth (Lepidoptera), a scarab beetle; a dragon fly(Agrion spp.); and a large, black bristly muscoid fly (Calliphoridae Diptera) (Jones et al. 1973).

Ecology

No available information.

Reproductive Characteristics

No available information.

Citations & Sources

Foresman, K.R. 2001. The wild mammals of Montana. Special Publication No. 12. American Society of Mammalogists

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Citation for data on this website:
Long-eared Myotis — Myotis evotis. Montana Field Guide. Retrieved on February 9, 2010, from http://FieldGuide.mt.gov/detail_AMACC01070.aspx