Myotis ciliolabrum

(C. H. Merriam, 1886)

Western Small-footed 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

Merriam, C.H. 1886-12-17. Description of a new species of bat from the western United States (_Vespertilio ciliolabrum_ sp. nov.). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 4:1-4.

Original name as described

Vespertilio ciliolabrum

Type material

USNM:MAMM:186444

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"near the town of Banner," Trego County, Kansas, USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Canada · United States · Mexico

Subregion distribution

USA(KS,NM,OK,CO,NE,UT,WY,SD,ND,MT,ID,WA,OR,CA,NV,AZ,TX)

Taxonomy notes

includes melanorhinus

Taxonomy notes citation

Ammerman, L. K., Lee, D. N., & Pfau, R. S. (2016). Patterns of genetic divergence among Myotis californicus, M. ciliolabrum, and M. leibii based on amplified fragment length polymorphism. Acta Chiropterologica, 18(2), 336-346.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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