Myotis myotis

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Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,037 meters (0 to 9,964 feet).[1]

Ecology: It forages over woodland edge , open woodland and pasture. It preys on large insects, mainly beetles and crickets, gleaned from the ground , also feeds on spiders. It roosts in underground sites all year in much of range , and in buildings (loft-spaces) in summer in northern parts. Occasionally it forms small colonies in trees . It is an occasional migrant; the longest recorded movement is 436 km (Simon et al. 2004).[2].

List of Habitats :

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.4     Forest - Temperate   
  
•     1.5     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     3     Shrubland   
  
•     3.8     Shrubland - Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation   
  
•     7     Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic)   
  
•     7.1     Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic) - Caves   
  
•     7.2     Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic) - Other Subterranean Habitats   
  
•     14     Artificial/Terrestrial   
  
•     14.4     Artificial/Terrestrial - Rural Gardens   
  
•     14.5     Artificial/Terrestrial - Urban Areas   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Basilia myotis Curran

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 08-Jun-2004

Similar Species

Members of the genus Myotis

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 134 species and subspecies in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

M. abei (Sakhalin Myotis) · M. adversus (Large-Footed Myotis) · M. aelleni (Southern Myotis) · M. albescens (Silver-Tipped Myotis) · M. alcathoe (ALCATHOE WHISKERED BAT) · M. altarium (South-Western Mouse-Eared Bat) · M. anjouanensis (Anjouan Myotis) · M. annamiticus (Annamit Myotis) · M. annectans (Hairy Faced Bat) · M. atacamensis (Atacaman Myotis) · M. ater (Peters's Myotis) · M. atra (Peters's Myotis) · M. aurascens (Steppe Whiskered Bat) · M. auriculus (Southwestern Myotis) · M. australis (Ustrailian Myotis) · M. austroriparius (Mouse-Eared Bats) · M. austroriparius austroriparius (Southeastern Myotis) · M. bechsteini (Bechstein's Bat) · M. bechsteinii (Bechstein's Myotis) · M. blythii (Lesser Mouse-Eared Myotis) · M. bocagei (Rufous Mouse-Eared Bat) · M. bocagei bocagei (Rufous Mouse-Eared Bat) · M. bocagii (Rufous Mouse-Eared Bat) · M. bombinus (Far Eastern Myotis) · M. brandti (Brandt's Bat) · M. brandtii (Brandt's Myotis) · M. bucharensis (Bokhara Whiskered Bat) · M. californicus (Californian Myotis) · M. californicus californicus (Californis Myotis) · M. capaccinii (Long-Fingered Bat) · M. capaccinii capaccinii (Long-Fingered Bat) · M. chiloensis (Chilean Myotis) · M. chinensis (Large Myotis) · M. ciliolabrum (Western Small-Footed Myotis) · M. ciliolabrum ciliolabrum (Western Small-Footed Myotis) · M. cobanensis (Guatemalan Myotis) · M. csorbai (Csorbas Mouse-Eared Myotis.) · M. dasycneme (Pond Myotis) · M. daubentoni (Daubenton's Bat) · M. daubentonii (Daubenton's Myotis) · M. davidii (David's Myotis) · M. dominicensis (Dominican Myotis) · M. elegans (Elegant Myotis) · M. emarginatus (GEOFFROY'S MYOTIS) · M. emarginatus emarginatus (Geoffroy's Bat) · M. evotis (Long-Eared Myotis) · M. evotis evotis (Long-Eared Myotis) · M. fimbriatus (Fringed Long-Footed Myotis) · M. findleyi (Findley's Myotis) · M. formosus (Hodgson's Myotis) · M. formosus formosus (Hodgson's Bat) · M. fortidens (Cinnamon Myotis) · M. fortidens fortidens (Cinnamon Myotis) · M. frater (Long-Tailed Whiskered Bat) · M. gomantongensis (Gomantong Myotis) · M. goudoti (Malagasy Mouse-Eared Bat) · M. grisescens (Mouse-Eared Bats) · M. hajastanicus (Armenian Myotis) · M. hasseltii (Lesser Large-Footed Myotis) · M. hermani (Herman's Myotis) · M. horsfieldii (Horsfield's Myotis) · M. hosonoi (Hosono's Myotis) · M. ikonnikovi (Ikonnikov's Whiskered Bat) · M. insularum (Insular Myotis) · M. keaysi (Hairy-Legged Myotis) · M. keenii (Northern Long-Eared Bat) · M. laniger (Chinese Water Myotis) · M. leibii (Western Small-Footed Myotis) · M. leibii leibii (Eastern Small-Footed Myotis) · M. lesueuri (Lesueur's Hairy Bat) · M. levis (Yellowish Myotis) · M. levis levis (Yellowish Myotis) · M. longipes (Kashmir Cave Bat) · M. lucifugus (Little Brown Myotis) · M. lucifugus lucifugus (Little Brown Myotis) · M. macrodactylus (Big-Footed Myotis) · M. macropus (Large-Footed Myotis) · M. macrotarsus (Philippine Large-Footed Myotis) · M. martiniquensis (Schwartz's Myotis) · M. melanorhinus (Dark-Nosed Small-Footed Myotis) · M. milleri (Miller's Myotis) · M. moluccarum (Maluku Myotis) · M. montivagus (Burmese Whiskered Myotis) · M. morrisi (Morris's Bat) · M. muricola (Nepalese Whiskered Bat) · M. myotis (Greater Mouse-Eared Bat) · M. mystacinus (WHISKERED MYOTIS) · M. nattereri (Natterer's Bat) · M. nesopolus (Curacao Myotis) · M. nigricans (Black Myotis) · M. nipalensis (Nepal Myotis) · M. occultus (Arizona Myotis) · M. oreias (Singaporese Whiskered Myotis) · M. oxyotus (Montane Myotis) · M. ozensis (Honshu Myotis) · M. peninsularis (Peninsular Myotis) · M. pequinius (Peking Myotis) · M. pilosus (Rickett's Big-Footed Myotis) · M. planiceps (Flat-Headed Myotis) · M. pruinosus (Blackish Whiskered Bat)

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Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 30, 2012.
• Hutson, A.M., Spitzenberger, F., Aulagnier, S., Coroiu, I., Karata?, A., Juste, J., Paunovic, M., Palmeirim, J. & Benda, P. 2008. Myotis myotis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 02February2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 12, 2007:

• European Environment Agency, EUNIS
• GBIF-Spain, Museu de Ciències Naturals, Zoologia, Barcelona: MCNC-Cord
• Institute of Nature Conservation PAS, National System of Proetcted Areas
• Israel Nature and Parks Authority, Israel Nature and Parks Authority
• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Vertebrate specimens
• Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Mammals
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Biological Records Centre - Mammal records from Britain from the Atlas of Mammals
• , with some subsequent records
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Natural England - Batsites inventory for Britain
• University of Alaska Museum of the North, University of New Mexico Museum of Southwestern Biology Mammal Collection

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-632035
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2494622
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 632035
• IUCN ID: 225129
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 7877

Footnotes

1. Mean = 397.340 meters (1,303.609 feet), Standard Deviation = 468.060 based on 1,731 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
2. Hutson, A.M., Spitzenberger, F., Aulagnier, S., Coroiu, I., Karata?, A., Juste, J., Paunovic, M., Palmeirim, J. & Benda, P. 2008. Myotis myotis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 02 February 2012. [back]

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