Myotis petax

Hollister, 1912

Russian 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

Authority citation

Hollister, N. 1912-11-29. New mammals from the highlands of Siberia. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 60(14):1-6.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8910588

Original name as described

Myotis petax

Other common names

Eastern Water Myotis · Sakhalin Myotis

Type material

USNM:MAMM:175189

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/385943b95-6872-45c9-aae6-cc04b6b73b91

Type locality

"Kosh-Agatch, Chuisaya Steppe, Altai District, Siberia [Russia]; Altitude 7300 feet [= 2225 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Kazakhstan · Russia · Mongolia · China · North Korea · South Korea · Japan

Taxonomy notes

split from M. daubentonii; includes abei

Taxonomy notes citation

Tsytsulina, K. (2004). On the taxonomical status of Myotis abei Yoshikura, 1944 (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae). Zoological science, 21(9), 963-966. · Matveev, V. A., Kruskop, S. V., & Kramerov, D. A. (2005). Revalidation of Myotis petax Hollister, 1912 and its new status in connection with M. daubentonii (Kuhl, 1817)(Vespertilionidae, Chiroptera). Acta Chiropterologica, 7(1), 23-37.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005453

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 abei

Yoshikura, 1944

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

abei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NSMT-M 5840

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

6

Authority publication

Zoological Magazine, Tokyo

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:63) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:184) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Myotis petax

Hollister, 1912

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

petax

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:175189

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/385943b95-6872-45c9-aae6-cc04b6b73b91

Authority page

6

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8910588

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000237) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000237) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:973) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005453) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/85342726/85342734) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Myotis petax loukashkini

Shamel, 1942

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

loukashkini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:270561

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3fbba28a1-4b70-4272-9ad1-eaa765ac5e60

Authority page

103

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34633466

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:973) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Myotis daubentonii ussuriensis

Ognev, 1927

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

ussuriensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-96365

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-96365

Authority page

146

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

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

Myotis daubentonii loukashkini

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

loukashkini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:375) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Myotis daubentonii petax

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

petax

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Myotis petax petax

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

petax

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

973

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:973) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Myotis petax ussuriensis

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

ussuriensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

973

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:973) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Myotis daubentonii chasanensis

M. P. Tiunov, 1997

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

chasanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority publication

Vladivostok

Name usages

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

Myotis daubentonii chosanensis

Kruskop, 2004

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

chosanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

299, 304

Authority publication

Mammalia

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