162 MAMMALS OF UTAH 



Distribution — Practically the entire United States. 

 Utah specimens have been taken at Ogden and at St. George, 

 as well as in Cache county and at Laketown. Its range 

 includes the entire state. 



Habits — This bat prefers open ways between trees such 

 as streets. It is a frequenter of towns and cities, and it is 

 the last of the bats to appear each evening. Its breeding 

 habits are unknown despite the fact that its range includes 

 most of North America. It has an enormous appetite for 

 bugs and insects and drinks water copiously. 



LITTLE CALIFORNIA BAT 



MYOTIS CALIFORNICUS (Aud. & Bach.) 



Vespertilio californicus Aud. & Bach. Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. 



Phila. p. 280 (California) 1842. 

 Vespertilio nitidus H. Allen, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. p. 247 



(Monterey, California) 1862. 

 Vespertilio nitidus H. Allen, Mo'nogr. N. Am. Bats, p. 60, 1864. 

 Vespertilio oregonensis H. Allen, Monogr. N. Am. Bats, p. 61, 



(Cape St. Lucas and Fort Tejon), 1864. 

 Vespertilio obscurus H. Allen, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 



p. 281 (Lower California) 1866. 

 Vespertilio volans H. Allen, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., p. 282 



(Cape St. Lucas) 1866. 

 Vespertilio exilis H. Allen, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., p. 283 



(Cape St. Lucas) 1866. 

 Vespertilio tenuidorsalis H. Allen, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 



p. 283 (Cape St. Lucas) 1866. 

 Vespertilio yumanensis H. Allen, Proc. Acad Nat. Sci. Phila., 



p. 283) nee H. Allen, 1864) 1866. 

 Vespertilio nitidus Dobson, Catal, Chiroptera Brit. Mus., p. 318, 



1878. 

 Vespertilio melanorhinus Merriam, N. Am. F. No. 3, p. 46, 



Sept. 11, 1890 (San Francisco Mt, Arizona) 1890. 

 Vespertilio albescens melanorhinus H. Allen, Monogr. Bats, 



N. Am., p. 91, 1893. 

 Vespertilio nitidus H. Allen, Monogr. Bats, N. Am., p. 84, 1893. 

 Vespertilio nitidus henshawi H. Allen, Monogr. Bats N. Am., 



p. 103 (Wingate, N. Mexico) 1893. 

 Vespertilio nigricans H. Allen, Monogr. Mats N. Am., p. 97 



footnote (nee Maximilian 1826) 1893. 



Description — Smallest species of Myotis known to occur 

 in the United States. Length, 76 to 87 ; forearm, 30 to 36. 

 Calcar about as long as free border of uropatagium, very 

 slender but distinct and with a more or less well developed 

 lobule at tip, outer edge with a distinct keel. Legs slender, 

 the small feet reaching when extended backward to within 



