Myotis montivagus

(Dobson, 1874)

Burmese Whiskered 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

Dobson, G.E. 1874. Description of new species of Chiroptera from India and Yunan. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 43:237-238.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35549608

Original name as described

Vespertilio montivagus

Other common names

Burmese Whiskered Bat · Large Brown Myotis

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1876.3.10.5, ZSI 155579, ZSI 155580, ZSI 155581

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

"Hotha, Yunan [= Yunnan]," China.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

China · Myanmar · India

Taxonomy notes

previously included M. borneoensis, M. federatus, and M. peytoni

Taxonomy notes citation

Görföl, T., Estók, P., & Csorba, G. (2013). The subspecies of Myotis montivagus—taxonomic revision and species limits (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 59(1), 41-59.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005440

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 montivagus

(Dobson, 1874)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

montivagus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1876.3.10.5, ZSI 155579, ZSI 155580, ZSI 155581

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

237

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35549608

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Myotis montivagus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

montivagus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

65

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:65) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:189) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Smith & Xie (2008:378) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  5. Görföl, Estók & Csorba (2013:53) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12241)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14181) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14181) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:963) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005440) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/85567622/22065126) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Myotis montivagus montivagus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

montivagus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

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