What is Southeastern myotis?
{{Speciesbox | image = Myotis austroriparius 2.jpg | name = Southeastern myotis | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn|author=Arroyo-Cabrales, J.|author2=Ticul Alvarez Castaneda, S.|name-list-style=amp|year=2008|url= https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/14147/0|title=''Myotis austroriparius''|access-date=7 February 2010}}</ref> | taxon = Myotis austroriparius | authority = ([[Samuel N. Rhoads|Rhoads]], 1897) | range_map = Distribution of Myotis austroriparius.png | range_map_caption = Distribution of the southeastern bat (1989) }} The '''southeastern myotis''' (''Myotis austroriparius'') is a small species of [[bat]]. It found throughout the [[Gulf Coast]]al Plain and the Lower [[Mississippi River|Mississippi]] [[alluvial plain]] of the [[southeastern United States]]. ==Description== [[File:Hibernating southeastern myotis (14220247660).jpg|thumb|left|Hibernating southeastern myotis]] [[File:Southeastern Myotis.JPG|thumb|left|Photo of ''Myotis austroriparius'' captured in early April while harp trapping a cave]] The southeastern myotis weighs 5–8 [[gram|g]]. It eats mainly [[insect]]s. The southeastern bat, rests by day and look for food [[nocturnal|at night]]. The southeastern bat has a [[wingspan]] of about 9-11 inches. Pelage varies from gray to bright orange-brown. The females are generally more brightly colored than the males. This species is sometimes seen roosting with [[Rafinesque's big-eared bat]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.batcon.org/pdfs/ConservationPlanforCORAandMYAU_2014.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2021-02-08 |archive-date=2015-09-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923182638/http://www.batcon.org/pdfs/ConservationPlanforCORAandMYAU_2014.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==Distribution and Habitat== The range of this species includes southern [[Illinois]] and [[Indiana]] in the north, westward into southeastern [[Oklahoma]], western Tennessee and [[Arkansas]], and northeastern [[Texas]], and eastward to the southern part of [[North