noun

• An insectivorous bat with a slender muzzle, and a flight membrane that extends between the hind legs and the tip of the tail.

  Genus Myotis, family Vespertilionidae: numerous species

  ‘We never observed the raccoon take an Indiana myotis, but predation was the likely intent, given that raccoons are known predators on bats.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘Diets of little brown myotis and eastern pipistrelles were highly diverse.’
  • ‘We have been pleased to note sustained growth in population numbers of both the cave myotis and the endangered lesser long-nosed bat.’
  • ‘He had taken the form of a small bat during his lesson, a long-eared myotis according to his teacher.’
  • ‘Eighty-five northern myotis yielded 2 species of mites and one species of true bug.’