Myotis federatus

O. Thomas, 1916

Malaysian Whiskered Myotis

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1916. List of Microchiroptera, other than leaf-nose bats, in the collection of the Federated Malay States Museums. Journal of the Federated Malay States Museums 7:1-6.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19063738

Original name as described

Myotis peytoni federatus

Other common names

Malayan Whiskered Myotis

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1916.4.20.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b7e25850-ed40-475a-8d8d-cbb5bdb3a12c

Type locality

"Semangko Pass, Selangor–Pahang boundary [Malaysia]. 2,700 ft. [= 823 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Malaysia · Indonesia?

Taxonomy notes

split from M. montivagus

Taxonomy notes citation

Görföl, T., Estók, P., & Csorba, G. (2013). The subspecies of Myotis montivagus—taxonomic revision and species limits (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 59(1), 41-59.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005405

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 peytoni federatus

O. Thomas, 1916

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

federatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1916.4.20.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b7e25850-ed40-475a-8d8d-cbb5bdb3a12c

Authority page

3

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19063738

Authority publication

Journal of the Federated Malay States Museums

M. m. federatus

Koopman, 1994

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

federatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

106

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Koopman (1994:106) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Myotis federatus

T. Görföl, Estók, & Csorba, 2013

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

federatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

53

Authority publication

Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae

Name usages

  1. Görföl, Estók & Csorba (2013:53) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12241)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000616) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000616) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:962) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005405) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/85568302/85568305) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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