Myotis volans

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Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,793 meters (0 to 9,163 feet).[1]

Ecology: These bats are found in forested regions. They establish roosts in trees , rock crevices, fissures in stream banks, and buildings. Caves and mines are not used in the day, but M. volans can be captured there at night (van Zyll de Jong, 1985). Large nursery colonies, which may number in the hundreds , are formed by this species. These colonies occur most commonly in trees. Mating occurs before the bats enter hibernation in late August or September. Mature females produce one offspring, although it is unknown at what age sexual maturity is reached. Time of parturition varies with latitude . Young are born in late June and July. It is speculated that most juvenile males are sexually active . Banded individuals have been recorded living to 21 years of age (Barbour and Davis, 1969; Nagorsen and Brigham, 1993; van Zyll de Jong, 1985).[2].

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

Synonyms

Myotis volans (Allen 1866)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 08-Jun-2004

Apparently closely related to lucifugus and thysanodes. [2].

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

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• A synopsis of the mammals of North America and the adjacent seas, by Daniel Giraud Elliot... 2 1901 Chicago, [Field Columbia Museum]1901. url p. 455.
• Abundance and distribution of bats in the Pryor Mountains of south central Montana and north eastern Wyoming / David J. Worthington for the Montana Natural Heritage Program, Bureau of Land Management-Billings Resource Area, [and] Custer National Forest. Helena, Mont.: Montana Natural Heritage Program, c1991. url p. 24, p. 38.
• Assessment of mines for importance to bat species of concern, southwestern Montana / submitted by H. Peter Feigley. .. [et al.]. Helena, Mont.: Montana Natural Heritage Program, [1997] url p. 1.
• Bat survey of the Kootenai National Forest, Montana: 1994 / a report to USDA Forest Service, Kootenai National Forest; submitted by Paul Hendricks. .. [et al.]. Helena, Mont.: Montana Natural Heritage Program, c1995. url , , p. 1, p. 4.
• Bat survey of the Sioux District, Custer National Forest: 1994 / a report to USDA Forest Service, Custer National Forest; submitted by Paul Hendricks. .. [et al.]. Helena, Mont.: Montana Natural Heritage Program, c1995. url , p. 29, p. 5.
• Bat surveys of Azure Cave and the Little Rocky Mountains: 1996: a progress report to USDI, Bureau of Land Management / Helena, MT: Montana Natural Heritage Program, c1997. url , , .
• Bat surveys on USFS Northern Region land in Montana: 2005 / Helena, Mont.: Montana Natural Heritage Program, c2005. url .
• Bats [sic] surveys of Azure Cave and the Little Rocky Mountains, 1997-1998: a report to USDI, Bureau of Land Management / submitted by Paul Hendricks. Helena, MT: Montana Natural Heritage Program, c1998. url , , , , , , , , , .
• Bats of Montana / Helena, Mont.: Montana Natural Heritage Program, [1995] url , .
• Bats of the BLM Billings Field Office in south-central Montana, with emphasis on the Pryor Mountains / Helena, MT: Montana Heritage Program, c2004. url , , .
• Bats of the Kootenai National Forests, Montana: a report to USDA Forest Service / submitted by Paul Hendricks. .. [et al.]. Helena, MT: Montana Natural Heritage Program, [c1996] url , , , , , , , p. 20, p. 37, p. 38.
• Bats surveys on USFS Northern Region lands in Montana: 2007 / Helena, Mont.: Montana Natural Heritage Program, c2009. url , , , , , , , p. 11, p. 6.
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• Mine assessments for bat activity, Garnet Resource Area, BLM: 1997 / Helena, Mont.: Montana Natural Heritage Program, c1997. url .
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Notes

Contributors

• Arroyo-Cabrales, J. & Ticul Alvarez Castaneda, S. 2008. Myotis volans. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 02February2012.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 30, 2012.
• Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
• Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. Myotis volans. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 11, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 11 providers.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 11, 2008:

• Burke Museum: Mammal Specimens
• Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad: Colección de Mamíferos de la Sierra Volcánica Transversal de México (UAM-I)
• Michigan State University Museum: Vertebrate specimens
• Museum of Texas Tech University (TTU): Mammal specimens
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• Royal Ontario Museum: Mammal specimens
• Sternberg Museum of Natural History: Mammal Collection
• UNIBIO, IBUNAM: CNMA/Coleccion Nacional de Mamiferos
• University of Alaska Museum of the North: MSB Mammals Specimens
• University of Alaska Museum of the North: UAM Mammals Specimens
• University of Colorado Museum: Zoological specimens
• University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ): Mammal specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-179990
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 179990
• IUCN ID: 225161
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AMACC01110
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 7947

Footnotes

1. Mean = 1,659.000 meters (5,442.913 feet), Standard Deviation = 688.320 based on 103 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
2. Arroyo-Cabrales, J. & Ticul Alvarez Castaneda, S. 2008. Myotis volans. 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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