﻿MYOTIS CALIFORNIGUS. 69 



Measurements of subspecies of Myolis yumanensis. 



Subspecies. 



Locality. 



O 



ll 

 ^« 



Total length. 



Tail verte- 

 brae. 



Tibia. 



Foot. 



Forearm. 



Thumb. 



Longest lin- 

 ger. 



Ear from me- 

 atus. 



Width of ear. 



j Tragus. 



yumanensis 



California: Fort Yuma 



4 



83.7 



35.5 



14.1 



8.7 



32.7 



5.2 



56.5 





.... 







Tulare 



10 



80.5 



36.6 



15 



8. 7 34. 2 





.56.4 



14.2 



9 



7.4 







4 



79.2 



36.7 



15.7 



8.8 



33.9 





55.5 



14 



8.2 



7 





San Luis Potosi: Jesus Maria. . .. 



5?? 



81 



34.9 



15.5 



7. 9 34. 4 





57.8 



14.4 



9.1 



7.6 





Michoacan : Patzcuaro 



8 



80.6 



36.3 



14.6 



8. 3 34. 1 



5.7 



57 



14.2 



9 



7.6 



saturatus 



British Columbia: Sumas 





82.3 



36.5 



14 



8. fi 3.1 fi 



5.3 

 6 



57 













3 



77 



35 



15 



8.3 



35.3 



.59.3 



14.3 



8.9 



7 









77 



30 



15 



8.6 



33 





























1 Type. 



MYOTIS CALIFORNICUS (Aud. & Bach.)- 



1842. Vesportilio californicns Aud. & Bach., Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., p. 280 

 (California). 



1862. Vespertilio nitidus H. Allen, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., p. 247 (Monterey, 

 California). 



1864. VespertiUo nitidiis H. Allen, Monogr. N. Am. Bats, p. 60. 



1864. VespertiUo oregonensis H. Allen, Monogr. N. Am. Bats, p. 61 (Cape St. Lucas and 

 Fort Tejon). 



1866. VespertiUo ohscurus H. Allen, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., p. 281 (Lower 

 California). 



1866. VespertiUo roJans H. Allen, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., p. 282 (Cape St. Lucas). 

 1866. VespertiUo exiUs H. Allen, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., p. 283 (Cape St. Lucas). 

 1866. VespertiUo tenuidorsaUs H. Allen, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., p. 283 (Cape St. 

 Lucas). 



1866. VespertiUo yumanensis H. Allen, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci, Phila., p. 283 (nec H. Allen, 

 1864). 



1878. VespertiUo nitidus Dohson, Catal. Chiroptera Brit. Mus., p. 318. 



1890. VespertiUo melanorhinus Merriam, North American Fauna, No. 3, p. 46, Sept. 11, 



1890 (San Francisco Mt., Arizona). 

 1893. VespertiUo albescens melanorhinns H. Allen, Monogr, Bats N. Am., p. 91. 

 1893. VespertiUo nitidus H, Allen, Monogr, Bats N, Am,, p. 94. 



1893. VespertiUo nitidus hensliawi H.Allen, Monogr. Bats N. Am., p. 103 ( Win gate, N. 

 Mexico). 



1893. VespertiUo nigricans H.Allen, Monogr. Bats N. Am., p. 97 footnote (nec Maxi- 

 milian 1826). 



Type locality — ^ California.' 



Geographic distribution. — Austral zones and lower part of Transition 

 zone througlioiit tbe western United States and Lower California, east 

 to Wyoming and Texas. South limit of range not known. 



General characters. — 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 about 5 mm. of tip of tail. Free border of uropatagium naked. 



