Myotis peytoni
Wroughton & Ryley, 1913
Peyton's 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
Wroughton, R.C. and Ryley, K.V. 1913-04-21. Scientific results from the Mammal Survey. III. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 22(1):13-21.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30154882Original name as described
Myotis peytoni
Other common names
Peyton's Whiskered Bat · Peyton's Whiskered Myotis
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1912.8.25.1
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9c882683-dd9c-4a11-9faf-0983aff2157aType locality
"Gersoppa Falls, Kanara [Karnataka, southern India]. Altitude 1,300 ft. [= 390 m]."
Biogeographic realm
Indomalaya
Country distribution
India
Taxonomy notes
split from M. montivagus
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
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