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--> FAMILY Vespertilionidae
--> SUBFAMILY Myotinae
--> GENUS Myotis
SPECIES Myotis lucifugus
Author: | Le Conte, 1831. | Citation: | In McMurtie, Animal Kingdom, 1((App.)): 431. | Common Name: | Little Brown Myotis | Type Locality: | USA, Georgia, possibly Liberty Co., LeConte Plantation near Riceboro (but see Davis and Rippy, 1968). | Distribution: | Alaska (USA) to Labrador and Newfoundland (Canada), south to S California, N Arizona, N New Mexico (USA). | Status: | IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Does not include occultus, see Piaggio et al. (2002). Hybridizes with yumanensis in some areas; see Parkinson (1979), but see Herd and Fenton (1983). See Fenton and Barclay (1980). Apparently closely related to thysanodes; see Ruedi and Mayer (2001). Status of the type and type locality was discussed by Davis and Rippy (1968). |
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