Myotis rufopictus

(G. R. Waterhouse, 1845)

Orange-fingered 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

Authority citation

Waterhouse, G.R. 1845-04. Descriptions of species of Bats collectd in the Philippine Islands, and presented to the Society by H. Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1845:3-10.

Original name as described

Vespertilio rufo-pictus

Other common names

Red-painted Myotis

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1907.1.1.533

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Philippines."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Philippines

Taxonomy notes

split from M. formosus

Taxonomy notes citation

Csorba, G., Chou, C. H., Ruedi, M., Görföl, T., Motokawa, M., Wiantoro, S., ... & Furey, N. (2014). The reds and the yellows: a review of Asian Chrysopteron Jentink, 1910 (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae: Myotis). Journal of Mammalogy, 95(4), 663-678.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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