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SPECIES Myotis californicus

Author:Audubon and Bachman, 1842.
Citation:J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., ser. 1, 8: 285.
Common Name:Californian Myotis
Type Locality:USA, California, Monterey.
Distribution:S Alaska Panhandle (USA) to Baja California and higher elevations in the Sonoran and Chihuahuan deserts (Mexico); Guatemala.
Status:IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).
Comments:See Miller and Allen (1928) for discussion of the holotype. Reviewed in part by Yancey (1997). Subspecies are poorly delimited.
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Offspring:

SUBSPECIES californicus

SUBSPECIES caurinus

SUBSPECIES mexicanus

SUBSPECIES stephensi

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