Myotis attenboroughi

Moratelli, D. E. Wilson, Novaes, K. M. Helgen, & Gutiérrez, 2017

Sir David Attenborough's 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

Authority citation

Moratelli, R., Wilson, D.E., Novaes, R.L.M., Helgen, K.M. and Gutiérrez, E.E. 2017-06-07. Caribbean Myotis (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae), with description of a new species from Trinidad and Tobago. Journal of Mammalogy 98(4):994-1008.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyx062

Original name as described

Myotis attenboroughi

Type material

USNM:MAMM:540693

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/36fdfd3b5-57f6-47c3-81c7-97b6aa682ddb

Type locality

"Charlottesville, 1 km N of Pirate's Bay, ca. 11°19'N, 60°33'W, Saint John Parish, Tobago Island, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, sea level."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Trinidad and Tobago

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Moratelli, R., Wilson, D. E., Novaes, R. L., Helgen, K. M., & Gutiérrez, E. E. (2017). Caribbean Myotis (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae), with description of a new species from Trinidad and Tobago. Journal of Mammalogy, 98(4), 994-1008.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005369

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 attenboroughi

Moratelli, D. E. Wilson, Novaes, K. M. Helgen, & Gutiérrez, 2017

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

attenboroughi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:540693

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/36fdfd3b5-57f6-47c3-81c7-97b6aa682ddb

Authority page

997

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000858) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000858) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:944) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005369) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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