Myotis simus
O. Thomas, 1901
Velvety 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
Thomas, O. 1901-06-01. New Myotis, Artibeus, Sylvilagus, and Metachirus from Central and South America. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)7(42):541-545.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24345417Original name as described
Myotis simus
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1881.5.12.2
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/798a06db-f751-495f-9fa5-99fecaa712f0Type locality
"Sarayacu, Peru." Expanded from holotype information by R. K. LaVal in 1973b to "Sarayacu, Río Ucayali, Loreto, Peru, elevation ca. 100 m."
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Colombia · Ecuador · Peru · Brazil · Argentina
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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