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BATS of MNWR Species: Myotis Yumanensis Bats Yuma Myotis Family: Vespertilionidae BATS OF MNWR Species: Myotis yumanensis Bats Yuma Myotis Family: Vespertilionidae Diet: Moths, wasps, beetles, gnats, mosquitoes, midges, mayflies, and other insects Habitat: Buildings, trees, under rocks, wood piles, caves, and other natural Diet: Moths, mayflies, and crevices other small insects Species: Myotis lucifugus Habitat: Cliffs, old buildings, Little Brown Myotis mines, caves, bridges, and abandoned cliff swallow nests Species: Myotis volans Bats Long‐legged Myotis Family: Vespertilionidae Diet: Small moths, beetles, flies, and other insects Habitat: Carnivorous forests in mountain areas, caves, buildings, and under tree bark Diet: Mainly small moths Habitat: Open woods, mountain terrain, buildings, cliff crevices, hollow trees, and Species: Myotis evotis caves Long‐eared Myotis Species: Myotis ciliolabrum Bats Small‐footed Myotis Family: Vespertilionidae Diet: Small moths and beetles Habitat: Wooded canyons, forests, hillsides, cliff crevices, houses, and caves Diet: Moths, flies, true Species: Myotis californicus bugs, and ants California Myotis Habitat: Caves, rock shelters, cliffs, mines, and abandoned buildings Species: Lasionycteris noctivagans Bats Silver‐haired Bat Family: Vespertilionidae Diet: Moths, daddy longlegs, and beetles Habitat: Caves, mine tunnels, rock crevices, and old buildings Diet: Flies, midges, leafhoppers, moths, mosquitoes, beetles, caddisflies, crickets, and spiders Habitat: Small trees, under tree bark, Species: Myotis thysanodes buildings, rock crevices, Fringed Myotis in wood piles, cliff faces, and caves Species: Eptesicus fuscus Bats Big Brown Bat Family: Vespertilionidae Diet: Moths, flies, beetles, mosquitoes, and wasps Habitat: Deserts, dry brushland, caves, rock crevices, canyons, and cliffs Diet: Moths, beetles, mosquitoes, and wasps Habitat: Hollow trees, under tree bark, rock crevices, Species: Parastrellus hesperus man‐made Western Pipistrelle structures, caves, and underground mines Bats Diet: Moths, Family: Vespertilionidae beetles, and caddisflies Habitat: Coniferous forests, desert scrub, canyon crevices, and cliff faces Diet: Moths, flies, beetles, grasshoppers, mosquitoes, and wasps Habitat: Coniferous forests, trees, and caves Species: Lasiurus cinerus Species: Euderma maculata Hoary Bat Spotted Bat Bats Species: Antrozous pallidus Family: Vespertilionidae Pallid Bat Diet: Moths, flies, lacewings, dung beetles, sawflies, and other small insects Habitat: Rocky areas, caves, abandoned mine tunnels, and old buildings Diet: Crickets, scorpions, centipedes, ground beetles, grasshoppers, cicadas, praying mantis, long‐horned beetles, lizards, and rodents Habitat: Rock crevices, buildings, caves, and Species: Corynorhinus townsendii shutters Townsend’s Big‐eared Bat.
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