Myotis riparius

Handley, 1960

Riparian 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

Handley, C.O., Jr. 1960-10-06. Descriptions of new bats from Panama. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 112:459-479.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7717338

Original name as described

Myotis simus riparius

Type material

USNM:MAMM:310255

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/353f0b8f6-a312-4384-ad23-fcf59a75f85e

Type locality

"Tacarcuna Village, 3,200 ft. [= 975 m], Río Pucro, Darién, Panama."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

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

Taxonomy notes

likely represents a species complex

Taxonomy notes citation

Novaes, R. L. M., Cláudio, V. C., Wilson, D. E., Weber, M. M., Weksler, M., & Moratelli, R. (2023). Integrative taxonomy and evolutionary history reveal cryptic diversity in Myotis riparius (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, blad123.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005462

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 simus riparius

Handley, 1960

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

riparius

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:310255

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/353f0b8f6-a312-4384-ad23-fcf59a75f85e

Authority page

466

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7717338

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Myotis riparius

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

riparius

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 (1982:191) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Sánchez-Palomino, Rivas Pava & Cadena (1993:306) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34667)
  4. Lim, Engstrom, Timm, Anderson & Watson (1999:186) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66384)
  5. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14195) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14195) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:933) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005462) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14195/22062950) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Myotis riparia

Woodman, 1993

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

riparius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

545

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

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