Myotis scotti

O. Thomas, 1927

Scott's 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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1927-05-01. A new bat of the genus Myotis from Abyssinia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)19(113):554-555.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1080/00222932708655532

Original name as described

Myotis scotti

Other common names

Scott's Hairy Bat · Scott's Mouse-eared Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1927.3.4.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0ae4e6b8-d0a0-41c1-a682-dff212618c25

Type locality

"Djem-Djem Forest, about 40 miles [= 64 km] W. of Addis Ababa, Abyssinia [= Ethiopia]. Alt. 8000' [= 2438 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Ethiopia

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005468

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 scotti

O. Thomas, 1927

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

scotti

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1927.3.4.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0ae4e6b8-d0a0-41c1-a682-dff212618c25

Authority page

554

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:66) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:191) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Happold & Happold (2013:705) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14199) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14199) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:952) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005468) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14199/22062198) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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