Myotis carteri

LaVal, 1973

Carter'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

LaVal, R.K. 1973-02-14. A revision of the Neotropical bats of the genus Myotis. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science Bulletin 15:1-54.

Original name as described

Myotis nigricans carteri

Type material

LACM:Mamm:36876

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

16 mi NE Tamazula, Jalisco, Mexico.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Mexico

Taxonomy notes

split from M. nigricans

Taxonomy notes citation

Ceballos, G. (Ed.). (2014). Mammals of Mexico. JHU Press.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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