Myotis longipes
(Dobson, 1873)
Kashmir Cave 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
Dobson, G.E. 1873. On the Genera Murina and Harpyiocephalus of Gray. Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 1873:107-110.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10283825Original name as described
Vespertilio longipes
Other common names
Kashmir Cave Bat
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1876.3.10.4, ZSI 15588
Type kind
syntypes
Type locality
"caves of Bhima Devi, in Kashmir [India], at an elevation of 6000 feet [= 1829 m]."
Biogeographic realm
Indomalaya · Palearctic
Country distribution
Afghanistan · Pakistan · India · Nepal · China? · Laos?
Taxonomy notes
includes csorbai based on low molecular divergence
Taxonomy notes citation
Ruedi, M., Saikia, U., Thabah, A., Görföl, T., Thapa, S., & Csorba, G. (2021). Molecular and morphological revision of small Myotinae from the Himalayas shed new light on the poorly known genus Submyotodon (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Mammalian Biology, 101(4), 465-480. · Csorba, G., & Furey, N. M. (2022). From greener times: a new species of Thick-thumbed Myotis from Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 68(1), 85-97. · Liu, T., Jia, J., Liu, L., Wang, J., Chen, W., Miao, G., ... & Feng, J. (2023). New Insights into the Taxonomy of Myotis Bats in China Based on Morphology and Multilocus Phylogeny. Diversity, 15(7), 805.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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