Southwestern myotis live in a variety of southwestern mountain habitats, from desert grasslands up into pine and mixed coniferous forest in the United States, and in desert and grassland in Mexico. These bats and two other myotis species, the long-eared myotis and the fringed myotis, are able to hover and pluck insects from surfaces; most myotis bats catch their prey on the wing. Learn more about the Myotis auriculus, more commonly known as a Southwestern Myotis, in this easy-to-read species overview by the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.

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myotis auriculus, smithsonian, southwestern myotis, evening bats (vespertilionids)

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
• The intended use for this resource is Instructional