Myotis goudoti^P1

Myotis goudoti
Malagasy Mouse-eared Bat
Chauve-Souris malgache à orielle de souris

Identification

Upperparts are dark brown, underparts paler. Head appears flattened with large rounded ears. (Garbutt, 1999)

Myotis goudoti at RNP

These may be found at night in the Talatakely area.

Physical Characteristics

Diet & Feeding

Primarily insectivorous.

Behavior

They roost in small colonies (sometimes with other species, at RNP known to roast with Miniopterus)

Taxonomy

Mammalia -> Chiroptera (Microchiroptera) -> Vespertilionidae (Vespertlioninae) -> Myotis goudoti

This species contains two sub-species, one, M. g. goudoti, is endemic to Madagascar, the other, M. g. anjouanensis, is found on Anjouan Island and the Comoros.

Garbutt, N. 1999, Mammals of Madagascar, Yale University Press

IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre, viewed in July 2000, "Threatened Animals of the World", IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals

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Myotis in a bat cave ^P2