Myotis californicus Audubon and Bachman 1842

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Vespertilionidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 451-529 : 504

Myotis californicus Audubon and Bachman 1842

Myotis californicus Audubon and Bachman 1842 , J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, ser. 1, 8: 285.

Type Locality: USA, California, Monterey.

Vernacular Names: Californian Myotis.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Myotis californicus subsp. californicus Audubon and Bachman 1842

Subspecies Myotis californicus subsp. caurinus Miller 1897

Subspecies Myotis californicus subsp. mexicanus Saussure 1860

Subspecies Myotis californicus subsp. stephensi Dalquest 1946

Distribution: S Alaska Panhandle ( USA) to Baja California and higher elevations in the Sonoran and Chihuahuan deserts ( Mexico); Guatemala.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: See Miller and Allen (1928) for discussion of the holotype. Reviewed in part by Yancey (1997). Subspecies are poorly delimited.