Myotis dieteri

M. Happold, 2005

Kock's Myotis

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Happold, M. 2005-06. A new species of Myotis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from central Africa. Acta Chiropterologica 7(1):9-21.

Original name as described

Myotis dieteri

Other common names

Dieter's Myotis · Kock's Bat

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1985-1925

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Grotte du Viaduc à Loudima, Republic of [the] Congo (04°15'S, 13°00'E)."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Republic of the Congo

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Happold, M. (2005). A new species of Myotis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from central Africa. Acta Chiropterologica, 7(1), 9-21.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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