Myotis keaysi

J. A. Allen, 1914

Southern Hairy-legged 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

Allen, J.A. 1914-07-09. New South American bats and a new octodont. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 33(29):381-389.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/2246/1820

Original name as described

Myotis ruber keaysi

Other common names

Hairy-legged Myotis

Type material

AMNH M-15814

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-15814

Type locality

"Inca Mines (altitude 6000 feet [= 1829 m]), Peru (lat. 13° 30' S., long. 70° W.)."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

Venezuela · Colombia · Ecuador · Peru · Bolivia · Argentina

Taxonomy notes

previously included M. pilosatibialis

Taxonomy notes citation

Mantilla-Meluk, H., & Munoz-Garay, J. (2014). Biogeography and taxonomic status of Myotis keaysi pilosatibialis LaVal 1973 (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Zootaxa, 3793(1), 60-70.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005424

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 ruber keaysi

J. A. Allen, 1914

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

keaysi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-15814

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-15814

Authority page

383

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Myotis keaysi

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

keaysi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

64

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:64) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:188) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14170) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14170) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:932) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005424) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14170/22056048) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Myotis keaysi keaysi

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

keaysi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

M,rolis [sic] kearsi

M. S. Alberico & Orejuela, 1982

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

kearsi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

34

Authority publication

Cespedesia

Myotis keasy

Ospina-Ante & L. G. Gómez, 2000

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

keasy

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

664

Authority publication

Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales

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