26o VERTEBRATE ANIMALS OF THE UNITED STATES 



M. velifer (J. A. Allen). Color dull sepia; length 95 mm.; tail 44 

 mm.; forearm 41 mm.; ears short, reaching to the nostril when laid 

 forward: the Mexican border. 



M. incautus (J. A. A.). Like M. velifer but with a more pallid 

 coloration: New Mexico and Texas. 



M. baileyi Hollister, Like M. velifer but smaller: White Mountains, 

 New Mexico. 



M. grisescens Howell. Like M. velifer but darker : Indiana, Missouri, 

 and Tennessee. 



M. occultus Holl. Color glossy brown; length 96 mm.; tail 40 mm. : 

 San Bernardino County, California. 



M. carissima Thomas. Color blackish; length 81 mm. ; tail 36 mm. : 

 Yellowstone Lake, Wyoming, Montana. 



M. californicus (Audubon & Bachman). Body slender and very 

 small, with a long tail and legs; color yellowish gray; wings, ears and 

 snout blackish; fur very long; length 78 mm.; tail 38 mm.; forearm 31 

 mm.; western United States; eastward to Texas and Kansas: common. 



Subspecies of M. californicus 



M. c. californicus (Aud. and Bach.). Western United States; east- 

 ward to Wyoming and Texas. 



M. c. caurinus Miller. Very much darker in color: coast district, 

 northern California to British Columbia. 



M. c. ciliolabrum (Merriam). Very much paler in color: Kansas to 

 central South Dakota. 



M. c. pallidus Stephens. Smaller and paler: Mohave and Colorado 

 deserts, California. 



M. c. quercinus Grinnell. Upper parts cinnamon ; under parts light 

 buff: southern California and the Channel Islands. 



M. yumanensis (H. Allen). Body small, whitish gray or brown 

 in color; length 80 mm.; tail 36 mm.; forearm 34 mm.; feet very large: 

 western United States. 



Subspecies of M. yumanensis 



M. y. yumanensis (H. A.). Southwestern States from Utah to 

 southern California. 



M. y. saturatus. Miller. Color much darker: central Oregon to 

 British Columbia. 



M. evotis (H. Allen) . Long-eared bat. Color light yellowish brown ; 

 length 90 mm.; tail 42 mm.; forearm 37; ears very long, reaching 7 to 10 



