Myotis planiceps (Flat-headed Myotis)

[sebbe67]

I has read that this species has been rediscovered but i havent found any information on the species so I wonder if anyone has known anything about the species.

The only I known is that the species lives in Mexico

[Peter]

Only this: Myotis planiceps was listed as Extinct in 1996, but has since been rediscovered. But I think you have read this too!

[sebbe67]

here is much more info about it

www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/VHAYSSEN/msi/pdf/i0076-3519-060-01-0001.pdf

[surroundx]

Haynie, Michelle L. et al. (2016). Placement of the rediscovered Myotis planiceps (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) within the Myotis phylogeny. Journal of Mammalogy. DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyv216 [Abstract]

[Sebbe]

Summer roosts of “The revenant” flat-headed myotis, Myotis planiceps.

The flat-headed myotis (Myotis planiceps) was declared extinct in 1996 but rediscovered in 2004, thus the reference to a revenant, one who came back from the dead, as it was declared extinct in 1996 but rediscovered in 2004. However, the species still faces serious extinction risk. To aid in the strategic planning and priorities for conservation, we studied roosting ecology. These bats inhabit the Chihuahuan Desert in one of the smallest distributional ranges of any mammal. Using radiotelemetry, we located 25 summer roosts, all in the skirts of dry leaves of yucca trees (Yucca carnerosana). We conclude that to roost, these bats search for clumps of tall yucca trees with a mean height of 3.93 m and mean width of skirts of 1.35 m.

academic.oup.com/jmammal/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/jmammal/gyaa092/5895257?redirectedFrom=fulltext

[koeiyabe]

www.iucnredlist.org/species/14191/22066742