Myotis occultus

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Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Ecology: Habitats in Arizona include ponderosa pine and oak-pine woodland near water; this bat is also known from wooded riparian areas in desert areas (Hoffmeister 1986). In New Mexico, the species is usually associated with large bodies of water without respect to associated vegetation type ; it is known from low elevation riparian areas in the Rio Grande Valley and montane highlands (Piaggio et al. 2002). Maternity colonies have been found in buildings (e.g. , the attics of abandoned houses; Hoffmeister 1986; Chung-MacCoubrey 1999), in crevices between timbers of a highway bridge (Arizona Game and Fish Department 2003), and in snags . A few individuals have been found hibernating in mines in California and Sonora (Howell 1989). [1].

List of Habitats:

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.4     Forest - Temperate   
  
•     6     Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs , mountain peaks)   
  
•     7     Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic)   
  
•     7.1     Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic) - Caves   
  
•     8     Desert   
  
•     8.2     Desert - Temperate   
  
•     14     Artificial/Terrestrial   
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Taxonomy

Notes

The bats in the Myotis lucifugus-M. occultus-M. fortidens complex have long been of debatable taxonomic status. Myotis occultus was formerly included in M. lucifugus (Koopman 1993), but now it is regarded as a distinct species (Simmons 2005). Allozyme data suggested that the two are conspecific (Valdez et al. 1999), but mitochondrial DNA and morphological evidence suggest that M. occultus is a specifically distinct, monophyletic lineage (Piaggio et al. 2002).[1].

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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Further Reading

• A check list of mammals of the North American continent, the West Indies and the neighboring seas: supplement / by Daniel Giraud Elliott. Edited by J. A. Allen. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1917. url p. 155.
• A distributional list of the mammals of California, by Joseph Grinnell. San Francisco, The Academy, 1913. url p. 276.
• A manual of land and fresh water vertebrate animals of the United States (exclusive of birds) by Henry Sherring Pratt. .. with 184 illustrations. Philadelphia, Blakiston's[c1923] url p. 268.
• An account of the mammals and birds of the lower Colorado Valley: with especial reference to the distributional problems presented / by Joseph Grinnell. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 1914. url p. 217, p. 263, p. 265, p. 65.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url , , p. 10, p. 100, p. 124, p. 150, p. 156, p. 17, p. 207, p. 540, p. 55, p. 624, p. 68, p. 7, p. 842, p. 86, p. 92, p. 97, p. 99.
• Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 448, p. 453, p. 488.
• Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences Los Angeles, Calif.: The Academy, 1971- url p. 110.
• Journal of mammalogy. Baltimore, Md.: American Society of Mammalogists url p. 157, p. 158.
• List of North American land mammals in the United States National Museum, 1911; by Gerrit S. Miller, jr. Washington, Govt. print. off., 1912. url p. 55.
• Miscellaneous publication - University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History. 1971 Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1946-1996. url p. 135, p. 137, p. 5, p. 5.
• Monograph of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas. Lawrence, Kan.: The Museum. url p. 383, p. 388, p. 409.
• Name that animal; a guide to the identification of the common land and fresh-water animals of the United States, with special reference to the area east of the Rockies. With drawings by Olive Driver. Northampton? Mass., 1950 url p. 486.
• North American fauna. Washington: Fish and Wildlife Service; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U. S. Govt. Print. Off. url p. 388.
• Proceedings - California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 276, p. 49.
• Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 13, p. 43.
• Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 276, p. 49.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 103.
• Tulane studies in zoology. 12 1965 New Orleans: Tulane University, 1953-1968. url p. 100, p. 95, fig. 2, page 97, fig. 3, page 98.
• University of California publications in zoology. Berkeley: University Press, 1906- url p. 217, p. 224, p. 243, p. 248, p. 249, p. 250, p. 258, p. 261, p. 262, p. 263, p. 265, p. 303, p. 314, p. 398, p. 65.
• University of Kansas publications, Museum of Natural History. 14 1962 Lawrence, University of Kansas. url p. 154, p. 583, figs. 2-5, page 587, p. 588.

Notes

Contributors

• Arroyo-Cabrales, J. & Ticul Alvarez Castaneda, S. 2008. Myotis occultus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 02February2012.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 30, 2012.
• 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:

• University of Alaska Museum of the North, University of Alaska Museum Mammal Collection
• University of Alaska Museum of the North, University of New Mexico Museum of Southwestern Biology Mammal Collection

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14861919
• IUCN ID: 225135
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AMACC01160
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 178431

Footnotes

1. Arroyo-Cabrales, J. & Ticul Alvarez Castaneda, S. 2008. Myotis occultus. 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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