Myotis sibiricus

(Kastschenko, 1905)

Siberian Whiskered 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

Authority citation

Kastschenko, N.F. 1905. Обзоръ млекопитающихъ Западной Сибири и Туркестана. Выпускъ 1-й. Chiroptera, рукокрылыя.—Insectivora, насикомоядныя. М. Н. Кононов, Tomsk, 102 pp.

Original name as described

Vespertilio mystacinus subsp. sibiricus

Other common names

Siberian Myotis

Type locality

Tomsk, Russia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya · Palearctic

Country distribution

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

Taxonomy notes

split from M. brandtii; includes gracilis

Taxonomy notes citation

Ohdachi, S. D. I, Ishibashi, Y., Iwasa, M. A., & Saitoh, Takashi (2009). The Wild Mammals of Japan, Shoukadoh, Kyoto. · Kruskop, S. V., Borisenko, A. V., Ivanova, N. V., Lim, B. K., & Eger, J. L. (2012). Genetic diversity of northeastern Palaearctic bats as revealed by DNA barcodes. Acta Chiropterologica, 14(1), 1-14.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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