Myotis macropus
(J. Gould, 1855)
Southern 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
Gould, J. 1855. [Part vii]. Pl. I-1, I-11, I-55, I-56, II-37, II-38, II-43, II-44, II-64, II-65, III-19, III-23, III-40, III-41, III-47 in Gould, J. 1845-1863. Mammals of Australia. In three volumes. John Gould, London.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49706138Original name as described
Vespertilio macropus
Other common names
Australian Large-footed Myotis · Gould's Large-footed Myotis
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1853.10.22.32
Type kind
syntypes
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f73adb3e-0511-4dbe-8d41-df1477131e41Type locality
South Australia.
Biogeographic realm
Australasia
Country distribution
Papua New Guinea · Australia
Taxonomy notes
does not include M. australis here pending further research into the placement of that taxon
Taxonomy notes citation
Jackson, S. M., & Groves, C. (2015). Taxonomy of Australian mammals. CSIRO Publishing, Austalia, Clayton.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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