Myotis dinellii

O. Thomas, 1902

Dinelli'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

Thomas, O. 1902-12-01. On Azara's "Chauve-souris onzième" (_Myotis ruber_, Geoff.) and a new species allied to it. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)10(60):493-494.

Original name as described

Myotis Dinellii

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1900.7.9.4

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Tucuman," Tucumán, Argentina.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Bolivia · Argentina · Chile

Taxonomy notes

split from M. levis

Taxonomy notes citation

Miranda, J., Bernardi, I. P., Sponchiado, J., & Passos, F. C. (2013). The taxonomic status of Myotis levis levis and Myotis levis dinellii (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Zoologia (Curitiba), 30(5), 513-518.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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