RIVERSIDE MYOTIS Myotis riparius
The Riverside Myotis is a fairly large Myotis with woolly pelage that is generally dark brownish or grey-brown in colour - though there is a rare ochraceous morph. This species is usually found in gallery forest areas where typically it feeds along waterways taking prey from the surface of the water.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPMAM243PH) Adult ventral, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Flavia Netto September 2008).
FIGURE 2 - (FPMAM244PH) Same individual head frontal (Flavia Netto September 2008).
FIGURE 3 - (FPMAM245PH) Same individual head lateral at rest (Flavia Netto September 2008).
FIGURE 4 - (FPMAM246PH) Same individual teeth detail (Flavia Netto September 2008).
FIGURE 5 - (FPMAM247PH) Adult female with young attached to nipple, Bahía Negra, Departamento Alto Paraguay (Silvia Centrón September 2009).
FIGURE 6 - (FPMAM1145PH) Adult head, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith December 2010
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