GAP Analysis Predicted Distribution Map

Small-footed Myotis (Myotis ciliolabrum)

Species Code: MYLE

Legend: = Core Habitat = Marginal Habitat Breeding Range Map The green area shows the predicted habitats for breeding only. The habitats were identified using 1991 satellite imagery, other datasets and experts throughout the state, as part of the Washington Gap Analysis Project. Click to enlarge distribution map Map with historical museum records Other maps & Information: NatureMapping observations throughout the year

A bat of open country; probably not found in cities but may be on town outskirts. Forages along cliffs, rock outcrops, and dry slopes in arid valleys and badlands. Roosts in cliff cavities, boulders, vertical banks, the ground, talus slopes, and under rocks. Several records away from the deep canyons suggest that this species is not as closely tied to lakes and rivers as most of the other bats in the Columbia Basin.

All steppe zones were core; peripheral in Ponderosa Pine and Oak zones. Good habitats were non-forested, bare ground, dryland agriculture, rivers, and lakes.

Translated from the Washington Gap Analysis Mammal Volume by Dave Lester
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