Guatemalan Myotis - Myotis cobanensis
( Goodwin, 1955 )

 

 

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Subspecies: Unknown
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CITES Status: NOT LISTED
IUCN Status: Data Deficient
U.S. ESA Status: NOT LISTED

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Jumping Ability: (Horizontal)

Life Span: in the Wild
Life Span: in Captivity

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Habitat:
Its biology is unknown; the type specimen was caught in the cathedral in Coban, Guatemala (Reid 2009).

Range:
This species is only know from its type locality, Coban, 1,305 m, Alta Verapaz, central Guatemala (Simmons 2005).

Conservation:
Research actions are needed. The holotype was stored in alcohol and prepared as a skin. Any possible DNA may be compromised. Additional fieldwork appears to support Goodwin's description, but DNA effort is not done (McCarthy and Perez 2006).

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