Myotis elegans

E. R. Hall, 1962

Elegant 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

Hall, E.R. 1962-05-21. A new bat (Myotis) from Mexico. University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History 14(13):161-164.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4397370

Original name as described

Myotis elegans

Type material

KU:M:88398

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/ku/kum?id=939e420a-1ed8-11e3-bfac-90b11c41863e

Type locality

"12½ mi. [= 20 km] N Tihuatlán, 300 ft. [= 91 m] elevation, Veracruz, Mexico."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

Mexico · Belize · Guatemala · El Salvador · Honduras · Nicaragua · Costa Rica

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005401

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 elegans

E. R. Hall, 1962

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

elegans

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

KU:M:88398

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/ku/kum?id=939e420a-1ed8-11e3-bfac-90b11c41863e

Authority page

163

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4397370

Authority publication

University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History

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 #14156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:934) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005401) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14156/115121563) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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