Myotis horsfieldii

(Temminck, 1840)

Horsfield's 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

Temminck, C.J. 1840. Livraison 3. Pp. 141–272 in Temminck, C.J. 1835-1841. Monographies de Mammalogie. Tome second. C. C. van der Hoek, Leiden, 392 pp.

Original name as described

Vespertilio horsfieldii

Other common names

Common Asiatic Myotis · Horsfield's Bat · Lesser Large-tooth Bat

Type material

RMNH.MAM.35551.a, RMNH.MAM.35551.b, RMNH.MAM.35552, RMNH.MAM.35553, RMNH.MAM.35554, RMNH.MAM.35555, RMNH.MAM.35556, RMNH.MAM.35557, RMNH.MAM.35558, RMNH.MAM.35559, RMNH.MAM.35560, ZMB 2558

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

Mount Gede, Java, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya · Australasia

Country distribution

India · China · Vietnam · Laos · Cambodia · Myanmar · Thailand · Malaysia · Singapore · Indonesia · Brunei · Philippines

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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