Long-legged Myotis

Myotis volans

Safety note: May carry rabies — do not approach or handle.

The Long-legged Myotis is a medium-sized western bat named for relatively long hind limbs and a large tail membrane that enable fast, agile flight in open spaces above the forest canopy. It is one of the more common bats in mountainous western forests and forms maternity colonies in tree snags and rock crevices. In summer it hawks insects over forest openings and along ridgelines at dusk.

Habitat

Montane coniferous forests and forest edges

Diet

Moths, beetles, and other aerial insects

How common

Uncommon

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