Long-Eared Myotis
Myotis evotis
Summary 2
The long-eared myotis bat (Myotis evotis) is a vesper bat species that is pale brown or pale yellow in color. The species has a black face, black ears and black wing membranes. They range in length from 3.425 inches to 4 inches. They weigh 5 to 8 grams. The species has long fur (Picture 1).
This species is nocturnal. The species tends to roost in rock outcropping and dead trees. They are mostly found in coniferous forests. They use echolocation to capture moths, beetles, spiders, and flies.
The long-eared bat is mostly a flying species, but are known to land to capture prey. They usually land on bark and rocks, therefore their tracks are not often seen. No known tracks from this species have been recorded. Pictured above (Picture 2) is a diagram of you might expect to observe if you find bat tracks. Bat ground tracks would feature the two hind feet with 5 fingers each (human-like) behind wing indentations that look like plain lines. The tracks show diagonal walking patterns. The hind foot prints would likely be less than half an inch in length.
Long-eared bat scat is approximately 0.1 inch in diameter and 0.35 inches in length. The color can very between light brown and black. It is pellet shaped, with rough edges (Picture 3).
The species is found in all counties of Utah, including Iron County.
Sources and Credits
- (c) samanthacutler, all rights reserved
- Adapted by samanthacutler from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myotis_evotis
