Myotis morrisi

J. Edwards Hill in J. Edwards Hill & P. Morris, 1971

Morris's Myotis

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Vespertilionoidea
Family : Vespertilionidae
Subfamily : Myotinae
Genus : Myotis
Subgenus : Chrysopteron

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Hill, J.E. and Morris, P. 1971. Bats from Ethiopia collected by the Great Abbai Expedition, 1968. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Zoology)21(2):27-49.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2283109

Original name as described

Myotis morrisi

Other common names

Morris's Bat · Morris's Hairy Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1970.488

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0f2f790f-2b7f-4222-b5ca-58c7e2d4f66f

Type locality

"‘Forward Base Three', mouth of Didessa River, Blue Nile Gorge [Walga, Ethiopia]. 10° 05' N, 35° 38' E, alt. c. 1,000 m."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Nigeria · Ethiopia

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005441

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.

Myotis morrisi

J. Edwards Hill in J. Edwards Hill & P. Morris, 1971

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

morrisi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1970.488

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0f2f790f-2b7f-4222-b5ca-58c7e2d4f66f

Authority page

43

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2283109

Authority publication

Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History)

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. Happold & Happold (2013:699) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14182) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14182) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:952) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005441) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14182/22065314) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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