Myotis atacamensis

(Lataste, 1892)

Atacama Myotis

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Vespertilionoidea
Family : Vespertilionidae
Subfamily : Myotinae
Genus : Myotis
Subgenus : Pizonyx

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Lataste, F. 1892. Etudes sur la faune chilienne. II—Note sur les chauve-souris. Actes Soc. Sci. Chili, Santiago 1:70–91.

Authority publication link

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924007304680&seq=164

Original name as described

Vespertilio atacamensis

Other common names

Atacaman Myotis

Type material

USNM:MAMM:391786

Type kind

neotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3dbc4f22e-2f77-44a7-bc07-de992ba799e1

Type locality

San Pedro de "Atacama," Antofagasta, Chile. Restricted by R. Novaes and colleagues in 2022 to "Near Minimini, Tarapacá, Chile (19°10’S, 69°41’W; elevation 1,800 m), inside Atacama desert."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Peru · Chile

Taxonomy notes

recently re-described with the designation of a neotype

Taxonomy notes citation

Novaes, R. L. M., LaVal, R. K., Wilson, D. E., & Moratelli, R. (2022). Redescription of Myotis atacamensis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) with neotype designation. Zoologia (Curitiba), 39, e21026. https://doi.org/10.1590/s1984-4689.v39.e21026

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005367

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Myotis nigricans nicholsoni

Sanborn, 1941

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

nicholsoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:50783

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=4dde4f28-70db-4d35-b3a9-0d1d274dc021

Authority page

382

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2772251

Authority publication

Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Vespertilio atacamensis

(Lataste, 1892)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

atacamensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:391786

Type kind

neotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3dbc4f22e-2f77-44a7-bc07-de992ba799e1

Authority page

80

Authority page URI

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924007304680&seq=164

Authority publication

Actes de la Société Scientifique de Chili

Myotis atacamensis

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

atacamensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

63

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:63) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:184) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:943) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005367) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14143/22050638) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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