Myotis midastactus

Moratelli & D. E. Wilson, 2014

Golden 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

Authority citation

Moratelli, R. and Wilson, D.E. 2014-08-22. A new species of Myotis (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) from Bolivia. Journal of Mammalogy 95(4):E17-E25.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1644/14-MAMM-149

Original name as described

Myotis midastactus

Other common names

Midas Myotis

Type material

AMNH M-211156

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Cercado, Río Mamoré, Beni, Bolivia, about 23 km W of San Javier (14°34'S, 64°55'W)."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Bolivia · Paraguay

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Moratelli, R., & Wilson, D. E. (2014). A new species of Myotis (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) from Bolivia. Journal of Mammalogy, 95(4), E17-E25.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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