Myotis hoveli
D. L. Harrison, 1964
Hovel'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
Authority citation
Harrison, D.L. 1964. A new subspecies of Natterer's Bat, Myotis nattereri Kühl, 1818 (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from Israel. Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde 29:58-60.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45367052Original name as described
Myotis nattereri hoveli
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1967.1228 (= HZM 11.3393)
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/169b0eb8-c36f-4733-a431-8920ed3704e2Type locality
Aqua Bella, near Jerusalem, Israel.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
Cyprus · Turkey · Syria · Lebanon · Israel · Palestine · Jordan
Taxonomy notes
split from M. nattereri; appears to be paraphyletic with respects to M. schaubi, for which it may be conspecific, pending further studies
Taxonomy notes citation
Çoraman, E., Dietz, C., Hempel, E., Ghazaryan, A., Levin, E., Presetnik, P., ... & Mayer, F. (2019). Reticulate evolutionary history of a Western Palaearctic Bat Complex explained by multiple mt DNA introgressions in secondary contacts. Journal of Biogeography, 46(2), 343-354. · Kruskop, S. V. and Solovyeva, E. N. (2020). Validating the relationships: which species of Myotis "nattereri" group (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) actually inhabits the Caucasus. Mammali, 1-10. · Uvizl, M., & Benda, P. (2021). Diversity and distribution of the Myotis nattereri complex (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in the Middle East: filling the gaps. Mammalian Biology, 1-15.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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