Myotis dominicensis

G. S. Miller, 1902

Dominican 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

Miller, G.S., Jr. 1902-12-16. A new bat from the island of Dominica. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 15:243-244.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3830839

Original name as described

Myotis dominicensis

Type material

USNM:MAMM:113564

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ece2df9b-4ed3-4ba3-b06e-7b6a62996298

Type locality

"Island of Dominica [Lesser Antilles], West Indies."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Guadeloupe · Dominica

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005400

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 dominicensis

G. S. Miller, 1902

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

dominicensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:113564

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ece2df9b-4ed3-4ba3-b06e-7b6a62996298

Authority page

243

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3830839

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:64) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:186) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:943) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005400) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14155/22057933) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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