{{Short description|Species of bat}} {{Speciesbox | name = Arizona myotis | image = Arizona_myotis.jpg | image_caption = An Arizona myotis in human care by licensed rehabilitators at Grand Canyon Deer Farm. | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name = IUCN/> | genus = Myotis | species = occultus | authority = Hollister, 1909 | range_map = Distribution of Myotis occultus.png }}

The '''Arizona myotis''' ('''''Myotis occultus''''') or southwestern little brown myotis<ref>{{cite web |title=Mammals of Texas |url=https://www.depts.ttu.edu/nsrl/mammals-of-texas-online-edition/Accounts_Chiroptera/Myotis_occultus.php |website=Natural Science Research Laboratory |publisher=Texas Tech University |access-date=17 October 2023}}</ref> is a vesper bat species inhabiting much of the southwestern United States and central Mexico as far south as the Distrito Federal.<ref name = IUCN>{{Cite journal | last1=Solari|first1= S.|year= 2018| title= ''Myotis occultus'' | journal= The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species| volume= 2018| page= e.T136650A21990499|doi= 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T136650A21990499.en| doi-access= free}}</ref>

==Taxonomy and etymology== It was described as a new species in 1909 by American zoologist Ned Hollister. The holotype was collected near Needles, California, in 1905.<ref name="Hollister 1909">{{cite journal| last=Hollister| first=N.|year=1909| journal=Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington| title=Two new bats from the southwestern United States| volume=22| pages=43–44| url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3329907}}</ref> Its specific name "''occultus''" is Latin for "hidden or concealed".

==Description== It is a small species with a total length of {{convert|96|mm|in|abbr=on}}&mdash; of the total length, {{convert|40|mm|in|abbr=on}} consists of its tail. Its fur is glossy brown with a cinnamon tint. The ventral fur and its face are paler brown.<ref name="Hollister 1909"/>

==Range and habitat== Its range includes parts of the Southwestern United States and the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It is found in a range of elevations from near sea level to {{convert|2806|m|ft|abbr=on}} above sea level.<ref name=IUCN/>

==Conservation== As of 2018, it is evaluated as a least-concern species by the IUCN. It meets the criteria for this classification because it has a wide geographic range, its range includes protected areas, and it is not likely experiencing rapid population decline.<ref name=IUCN/>

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Category:Mouse-eared bats Category:Bats of the United States Category:Bats of Mexico Category:Mammals described in 1909 Category:Taxa named by Ned Hollister Category:Least concern biota of the United States