Myotis nigricans

(H. R. Schinz, 1821)

Common Black 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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Schinz, H.R. 1821. Das Thierreich eingetheilt nach dem Bau der Thiere als Grundlage ihrer Naturgeschichte und der vergleichenden Anatomie. J. G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung, Stuttgart, 894 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528936

Original name as described

Vespertilio nigricans

Type material

LACM:Mamm:36877

Type kind

neotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/lacm/mammals?id=033b7aba-7e0d-4a7c-ac08-0e9c6c77dd6d

Type locality

"Östküste von Brasilien [= east coast of Brazil]." Based on neotype selection, restricted by R. K. LaVal in 1973 to "42 km S Rio de Janeiro [Seropédica Municipality, Rio de Janeiro State], Brazil."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

El Salvador · Honduras · Nicaragua · Costa Rica · Panama · Colombia · Venezuela · Trinidad and Tobago · Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana · Ecuador · Peru · Bolivia · Brazil · Paraguay · Argentina

Taxonomy notes

previously included M. carteri, M. caucensis, and M. extremus and appears to still represent a species complex (with recent studies restricting tro M. nigricans to the Atlantic Forest of Brazil)

Taxonomy notes citation

Moratelli, R., Gardner, A. L., Oliveira, J. A. D., & Wilson, D. E. (2013). Review of Myotis (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) from northern South America, including description of a new species. American Museum Novitates, (3780), 1-36. · Ceballos, G. (Ed.). (2014). Mammals of Mexico. JHU Press. · Novaes, R. L. M., Cláudio, V. C., Wilson, D. E., Weksler, M., & Moratelli, R. (2023). Taxonomic status of Myotis extremus (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) from Mesoamerica, with comments on the distribution and systematics of Myotis nigricans. Zoologischer Anzeiger.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005447

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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 bondae

J. A. Allen, 1914

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

bondae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-14587

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-14587

Authority page

384

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

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

Myotis maripensis

J. A. Allen, 1914

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

maripensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-17069

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-17069

Authority page

385

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

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

Myotis chiriquensis

J. A. Allen, 1904

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

chiriquensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-18736

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-18736

Authority page

77

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

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

Myotis esmeraldae

J. A. Allen, 1914

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

esmeraldae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-33239

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-33239

Authority page

385

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

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

Vespertilio concinnus

(H. Allen, 1866)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

concinnus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ANSP 1114, ANSP 1115

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

280

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1861740

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

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

Vespertilio mundus

(H. Allen, 1866)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

mundus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ANSP 1812

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

280

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1861740

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

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

Vespertilio exiguus

(H. Allen, 1866)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

exiguus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ANSP 5626

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

281

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1861741

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

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

Myotis nigricans dalquesti

E. R. Hall & Álvarez Solórzano, 1961

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

dalquesti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

KU:M:23839

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/ku/kum?id=910a6697-1ed8-11e3-bfac-90b11c41863e

Authority page

71

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4397058

Authority publication

University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History

Name usages

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

Vespertilio nigricans

(H. R. Schinz, 1821)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

nigricans

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

LACM:Mamm:36877

Type kind

neotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/lacm/mammals?id=033b7aba-7e0d-4a7c-ac08-0e9c6c77dd6d

Authority page

179

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528936

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

  1. Temminck (1840:242) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59644)
  2. Lesson (1842:27) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Schinz (1844:185) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36043)
  4. True (1885:602, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306396) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)

Vespertilio Osculati

(Cornalia, 1849)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

osculati

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

3, 11

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58173677 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58173685

Authority publication

Monza

Vespertilio hypothrix

(d'Orbigny & P. Gervais, 1847)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

hypothrix

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-AC-1903-41

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/ac-1903-41

Authority page

14 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46786970

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

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

Vespertilio parvulus

(Temminck, 1840)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

parvulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.17621.a, RMNH.MAM.17621.b

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.17621.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.17621.b

Authority page

246

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

  1. Temminck (1840:246) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59644)
  2. Lesson (1842:25) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Schinz (1844:186) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36043)
  4. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Vespertilio arsinoe

(Temminck, 1840)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

arsinoe

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.17635.a, RMNH.MAM.17635.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.17635.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.17635.b

Authority page

247

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

  1. Temminck (1840:247) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59644)
  2. Lesson (1842:27) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Schinz (1844:181) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36043)
  4. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Vespertilio brasiliensis

(von Spix, 1823)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

brasiliensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

63

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57826992

Authority publication

Munich

Name usages

  1. Schinz (1844:186) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36043)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Vespertilio Spixii

(J. B. Fischer, 1829)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

spixii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

111

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:27) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Vespertilio splendidus

(J. A. Wagner, 1845)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

splendidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSM 142

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

148

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14776498

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

  1. Wagner (1847:208, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11387658) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38237)
  2. Simmons (2005:431) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Pipistrellus nigricans

(Lahille, 1899)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

nigricans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

173

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147039

Authority publication

Primera Reunión del Congreso Científico Latino Americano

Name usages

Lahille (1899:173, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147039) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)

Myotis nigricans

J. A. Allen, 1900

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

nigricans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

94

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Allen (1900:94) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15962)
  2. Bangs (1902:50, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4199028) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20608)
  3. Thomas (1920:189, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18636958) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16393)
  4. Goodwin (1946:331) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  5. Thomas (1972:151) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/50336)
  6. Corbet & Hill (1980:65) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  7. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:190) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  8. Sánchez-Palomino, Rivas Pava & Cadena (1993:306) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34667)
  9. Reis & Muller (1995:33) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34685)
  10. Reis, Peracchi & Sekiama (1999:504) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40441)
  11. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  12. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:428) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14185) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  14. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14185) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  15. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:945) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  16. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005447) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  17. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14185/22066939) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Myotis nigricans nigricans

G. G. Goodwin, 1946

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

nigricans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

331

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Goodwin (1946:331) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  2. Thomas (1972:151) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/50336)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:945) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Myotis nigricans osculatii

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

osculatii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

513

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005:513) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:945) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Vespertilio hypothryx

(d'Orbigny & P. Gervais, 1847)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

hypothryx

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectoriginalspelling

Authority page

16

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46786972

Authority publication

Paris

Vespertilio quixensis

(Osculati in Cornalia, 1849)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

quixensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

3

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58173677

Authority publication

Monza

Phyllostomus quixensis

(Osculati, 1850)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

quixensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

146

Authority publication

Milan

Phyllostomus quixensis

(Osculati, 1854)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

quixensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

153-154

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2542750

Authority publication

Milan

Name usages

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

Vespertilio Osculatii

(Trouessart, 1878)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

osculatii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

251

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33975534

Authority publication

Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée

Vespertilio cincinnus

(H. Allen, 1895)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

cincinnus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

97 (footnote)

Authority publication

Bulletin of the United States National Museum

Myotis nigracans

R. J. Baker & R. G. Jordan, 1970

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

nigracans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

598, 600

Authority publication

Caryologia

Vespertilio exiguous

(R. D. Fisher & Ludwig, 2015)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

exiguous

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

77

Authority publication

Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology

Myotis nigricans osculatti

Novaes, Cláudio, D. E. Wilson, Weksler, & Moratelli, 2024

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

osculatti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

99

Authority publication

Zoologischer Anzeiger

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