﻿MYOTIS CALTFORNICUS. 



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California: Amargosa River, Mohave Desert, 1; Banning, 1; Cahto, 1; Colo- 

 rado Desert, 1; Deatli Valley, 14 (including Bennett Wells, 1; Funeral 

 Mountains, 1; Saratoga Springs, 6); Dulzura, 15 (6 skins, Miller coll.) ; East 

 Fork Kaweah River, 3; Fort Crook, 1; Fort Tejon, 11; Old Fort Yuma, 1; 

 Jacumba, San Diego County, 1; Kern River (25 miles above Kernville), 1; 

 Monterey, 1; Mount Shasta, 1 ; Nicasio, 7; Petaluma, 1 ; Point Reyes, 5 ; San 

 Clemeuto Island, 3; Santa Barbara, 1; Santa Ysabel, San Diego County, 23; 

 Tejon Pass, 1 ; Tres Pinos, 1 ; Twin Oaks, San Diego County, 1 ; Witch Creek, 

 San Diego County, 7. 



Chihuahua : East side of San Luis Mountains, 3. 



Lower California: Cape St. Lucas, 2 (' V. ohscuriis' H. Allen) ; San Fernando, 3 

 (Miller coll.). 



Nevada: Colorado River, 2 ; Cottonwood Range, 4 ; Gold Mountain, Esmeralda 

 County, 2; Pahrump Valley, 1; Panaca, Lincoln County, 1; Vegas Valley, 

 Lincoln County, 1. 



New Mexico: Fort Defiance, 1; Fort Wingate, 2; Silver City 1 (skin). 



Oregon: Elgin, 1; John Day River, 3; Twelve Mile Creek, 2. 



Texas: Paisano, 1. 



Washington: Alraota, Whitman County, 1; Blue Creek, 1; Chelan, 1. 

 Wyoming: Bitter Creek, Sweetwater County, 2. (skins. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist.); 

 Bull Lake, 1. 



Fig. 15.— Teeth of (a) Myotis calif amicus, (b) M. subvlatus, (c) M. evoHs, and (d) M. thysanodes {X 5.) 



General remarks. — Typical Myotis californicus varies considerably in 

 color, size, and proportions, but may always be recognized among 

 North American and Mexican species by its small size, slender form, 

 delicate membranes, long tail and legs, small feet, and pale yellowisli 

 color. Myotis yiimanensis, the only other species of equally small size, has 

 conspicuously shorter legs, larger feet, shorter tail, and thicker mem 



