Myotis melanorhinus Merriam 1890

Myotis melanorhinus Merriam 1890, N. Amer. Fauna, 3: 46.

Type Locality: United States, Arizona, Coconino Co., N base of San Francisco Mountain, Little Spring, 8,250 ft (2,750 m).

Vernacular Names: Dark-nosed Small-footed Myotis.

Distribution: British Columbia (Canada) south to C Mexico and east to W Oklahoma (USA).

Conservation: IUCN 2003 – Not evaluated; not considered in IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001).

Discussion: Included in leibii or ciliolabrum by various authors, but see van Zyll de Jong (1984). Reviewed by Holloway and Barclay (2001), who treated it as a subspecies of ciliolabrum .