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Myotis mlcronyx Nelson and Goldman, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 22, 

 p. 28, March 10, 1909 (Comondu, Lower California, Mexico). — Milled, List 

 North Amer. Land Mamm. 1911, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 79, p. 59, De- 

 cember 31, 1912. — Elliot, Check-List Mamm. North Amer., suppl., p. 156, 

 1917.— Miller, List North Amer. Recent Mamm. 1923, Bull. U. S. Nat, Mus„ 

 No. 128, p. 73, April 29, 1924. 



Type locality. — Kinney Ranch, Sweetwater County, Wyo. 

 Type specimen. — Adult female, skin only, No. 11645, American 

 Museum of Natural History, collected at Kinney Ranch, Sweet- 

 water County, Wyo., July 21, 1895, by W. W. Granger. 



Distributio7i. — Range of the species except the humid northwest- 

 coast region. (See map 7, p. 112.) 



Diagnosis. — Color not darkened as in the typical race. 

 Color. — Similar to Myotis evotis evotis, but general color averag- 

 ing paler ; the tips of the hairs above tending to be golden or flaxen 

 (pale buffy) those of the lower surfaces often nearly wliite, lacking 

 the buffy wash of typical evotis from the northern Pacific coast. 

 Measurements. — ^For measurements see tables, pages 120 and 121. 

 Specimens examined. — Total number 80, from the following locali- 

 ties: 



ARIZONA: Chiricahua Mountains, 1 skin (A. M. N. H.) ; Huachuca 

 Mountains, 1 skin (F. M.) ; Paradise, Cochise County, 2 skins (U.S.N.M.) ; 

 San Francisco Mountains, 1 ale, 2 skins (U.S.N.M.) ; Santa Catalina 

 Mills, 1 skin (A. M. N. H.) ; Springerville, 1 skin (U.S.N.M.) ; Tucson, 

 1 skin (U.S.N.M.) ; White Mountains, Cooley's, 1 skin (A. M. N. H.) ; 

 Williams, 1 ale. (U.S.N.M.). 

 CALIFORNIA: Belmont, 1 skin (A. N. S. P.) ; Dulzura, 2 ale. (A. N. S. P.), 

 1 skin, 2 ale. (A. M. N. H.) ; Inyo Mountains, 1 ale. (U. S. N. M.) ; Mount 

 Tallac, 1 skin (M. C. Z.) ; Mount Whitney, 1 skin (F. M.) ; Owens 

 Lake, 1 ale. (U.S.N.M.) ; San Bernardino Mountains, 1 skin (U.S.N.M.) ; 

 San Joaquin River, 1 ale. (U.S.N.M.) ; San Rafael, 1 skin (B. M.) ; Twin 

 Oaks, 1 ale. (U.S.N.M.). 

 CHIHUAHUA: San Luis Mountains, 1 skull (U.S.N.M.). 

 COLORADO : Ashbaugh's Ranch, Montezuma County, 1 skin, 1 ale. 

 (U.S.N.M.) ; Coventry, 5 ale. (U.S.N.M.) ; Dolores, 1 ale. (U.S.N.M.) : 

 Loveland, 1 ale. (U.S.N.M.) ; Snake River, 6 skins, 3 ale., 1 skull 

 (U.S.N.M.). 

 IDAHO: Albion, 2 skins (U.S.N.M.) ; Tamarack, 1 skin (U.S.N.M.). 

 JALISCO: Los Masos, 1 skin (A. M. N. H.). 



LOWER CALIFORNIA: Comondu, 1 skin, type of micronyx (U.S.N.M.). 



MONTANA: Big Belt Mountains, 4 miles south of Fort Logan, 1 skin 



(U.S.N.M.) ; Billings, 1 ale. (U.S.N.M.) ; Buffalo, 2 skins (U.S.N.M.) ; 



Highwood Mountains, 1 skin, approaching true evotis (U.S.N.M.) ; Hot 



Springs, 1 ale. (U.S.N.M.). 



NEVADA: Cottonwood Range, 1 ale. (U.S.N.M.) ; Little Owyhee River. 1 



skull (U.S.N.M.) ; Pahranagat Valley, 1 ale. (U.S.N.M.). 

 NEW MEXICO: Fort Wingate, 2 ale. (U.S.N.M.) ; Mimbres Mountains, 1 

 skin (U.S.N.M.) ; Sapello Canyon, San Miguel County, 10,000 feet, 1 

 ale. (A.N.S.P.) ; Vermejo River, 1 skin (U.S.N.M.) ; Fort Wingate, 2 

 ale. (U.S.N.M.), 1 ale. (B. M.). 



