Myotis levis

(I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1824)

Yellowish 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

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, I. 1824. Sur les Vespertilions du Brésil. Annales des sciences naturelles 3:440-447.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5813726

Original name as described

Vespertilio levis

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1997-1805 (= MNHN ? 864) (= MNHN type 203)

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1997-1805

Type locality

"Brésil."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil · Uruguay · Argentina

Taxonomy notes

previously included M. dinellii

Taxonomy notes citation

Miranda, J., Bernardi, I. P., Sponchiado, J., & Passos, F. C. (2013). The taxonomic status of Myotis levis levis and Myotis levis dinellii (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Zoologia (Curitiba), 30(5), 513-518.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005429

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.

Vespertilio levis

(I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1824)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

levis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1997-1805 (= MNHN ? 864) (= MNHN type 203)

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1997-1805

Authority page

444

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5813726

Authority publication

Annales des sciences naturelles

Name usages

  1. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1824:444, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5813726) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68396)
  2. Fischer (1829:111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  3. Lesson (1836:98, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62814757) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61467)

Vespertilio polythrix

(I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1824)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

polythrix

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1980-549, MNHN-ZM-MO-1980-550, MNHN-ZM-MO-1980-552, MNHN-ZM-MO-1980-553, MNHN ? 842, MNHN ? 843, ZMB 3911

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1980-549 http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1980-550 http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1980-552 http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1980-553

Authority page

443

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5813725

Authority publication

Annales des sciences naturelles

Name usages

  1. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1824:443, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5813725) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68396)
  2. Lesson (1827:92, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207560) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  3. Fischer (1829:111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  4. Lesson (1836:97, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62814758) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61467)
  5. Temminck (1840:248) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59644)
  6. Lesson (1842:27) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  7. Schinz (1844:187) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36043)
  8. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Vespertilio lævis

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

laevis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

92

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207560

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:92, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207560) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Temminck (1840:249) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59644)
  3. Schinz (1844:187) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36043)

Scotophilus lævis

(J. E. Gray, 1838)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

laevis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

498

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40026401

Authority publication

Magazine of Zoology and Botany

Name usages

Gray (1838:498, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40026401) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34750)

Scotophilus polythrix

(J. E. Gray, 1838)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

polythrix

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

498

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40026401

Authority publication

Magazine of Zoology and Botany

Name usages

Gray (1838:498, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40026401) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34750)

Vespertilio lœvis

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

loevis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

27

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:27) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Vespertilio nubilus

(J. A. Wagner, 1855)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

nubilus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 2476, ZSM 121

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

752

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31544859

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

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

Aeorestes levis

(Fitzinger, 1870)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

levis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

435

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6704862

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Fitzinger (1870:435, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6704862) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37091)

Nyctophylax nubilus

(Fitzinger, 1870)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

nubilus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

560

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6705005

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Fitzinger (1870:560, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6705005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37092)

Vesperus polythrix

(Fitzinger, 1870)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

polythrix

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

143

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6704546

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Fitzinger (1870:143, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6704546) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37104)

Myotis levis

Lahille, 1899

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

levis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

174

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147040

Authority publication

Primera Reunión del Congreso Científico Latino Americano

Name usages

  1. Lahille (1899:174, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147040) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:64) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:188) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:71) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Koopman (1993:212) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  6. Koopman (1994:107) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  7. Anderson (1997:273) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)
  8. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  11. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:941) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005429) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  13. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14174/115121699) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Myotis chiloënsis alter

G. S. Miller & G. M. Allen, 1928

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

alter

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1900.6.29.23

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

194

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7900649

Authority publication

Bulletin of the United States National Museum

Name usages

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

M. l. levis

Koopman, 1994

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

levis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

107

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Koopman (1994:107) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

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