Mammals of Washington, Volume 2: University of Kansas Publications Museum of Natural HistoryDalquest, Walter Woelber
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Mammals of Washington, Volume 2: University of Kansas Publications Museum of Natural History
Dalquest, Walter Woelber
Mammals -- Washington (State)
_Measurements._--A female from 6 miles northeast of Kelso, Cowlitz
County, measures: total length 95; length of tail 39; hind foot 8;
ear 13; height of tragus 8.
_Distribution._--From the eastern base of the Cascade Mountains to
the Pacific. Marginal records (from Miller and Allen, 1928: 142)
are Oroville, Entiat, and Carson.
[Illustration: FIG. 37. Distribution of the hairy-winged myotis in
Washington. A. _Myotis volans longicrus._ B. _Myotis volans interior._]
=Myotis volans interior= Miller
_Myotis longicrus_ interior Miller, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington,
27:211, October 31, 1914.
_Myotis volans interior_ Miller and Allen, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull.,
144:142, May 25, 1928.
_Type._--Obtained 5 miles south of Twining, Taos County, New
Mexico, by Vernon Bailey on July 23, 1904; type in United States
National Museum.
_Racial characters._--Smaller and paler than _Myotis v.
longicrus_.
_Measurements._--Four males and a female from the Blue Mountains,
Columbia County, average: total length 93; length of tail 41.5;
hind foot?; ear 12; height of tragus 6.3.
_Distribution._--Known only from the Blue Mountains area of the
southeastern part of the state, from Walla Walla (E. S. B.) east
to Anatone (Miller and Allen, 1928: 144).
_Remarks._--Of 5 specimens available from the Blue Mountains, 4
are like _interior_ and 1 is like _longicrus_.
[Illustration: FIG. 38. Distribution of the California myotis in
Washington. A. _Myotis californicus californicus._ B. _Myotis
californicus caurinus._]
=Myotis californicus= (Audubon and Bachman)
California myotis
_Description._--_Myotis californicus_ may be separated from all _Myotis_
that occur in Washington, except _Myotis subulatus_, by its small foot
(about 6 mm.). It is the only small-footed bat found in western
Washington. In eastern Washington, where _Myotis subulatus_ occurs, the
cleaned skulls of the two species must be compared before certain
identification of some specimens is possible. The skull of _M.
californicus_ possesses a higher cranium and more abruptly rising
forehead than that of _M. subulatus_.
Four geographic races of this bat recognized by Miller and Allen (1928:
149) range from southern Alaska southward over western North America to
southern Mexico. Two subspecies occur in Washington.
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