Myotis frater

G. M. Allen, 1923

Fraternal 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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Allen, G.M. 1923-08-28. New Chinese bats. American Museum Novitates 85:1-8.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/2246/4661

Original name as described

Myotis frater

Other common names

Long-tailed Whiskered Bat

Type material

AMNH M-48039

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-48039

Type locality

"Yenping, Fukien Province, China."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China · Taiwan

Taxonomy notes

previously included M. longicaudatus

Taxonomy notes citation

Ruedi, M., Csorba, G., Lin, L. K., & Chou, C. H. (2015). Molecular phylogeny and morphological revision of Myotis bats (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from Taiwan and adjacent China. Zootaxa, 3920(1), 301-342.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005410

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 frater

G. M. Allen, 1923

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

frater

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-48039

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-48039

Authority page

6

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:64) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:187) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Smith & Xie (2008:377) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  5. Ruedi, Csorba, Lin & Chou (2015:331) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/21775)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14162) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14162) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:976) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005410) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/85566806/22056940) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Myotis frater frater

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

frater

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:377) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

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