Myotis sodalis

G. S. Miller & G. M. Allen, 1928

Indiana 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

Miller, G.S., Jr. and Allen, G.M. 1928-05-25. The American bats of the genera Myotis and Pizonyx. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 144(144):1-218.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7900585

Original name as described

Myotis sodalis

Other common names

Cluster Bat · Indiana Bat · Social Bat

Type material

MCZ:Mamm:10980

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:10980

Type locality

"Wyandotte Cave [Crawford County], Ind[iana].," USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States

Subregion distribution

USA(NE,KS,OK,TX,AR,MO,IA,IL,IN,KY,MI,OH,TN,MS,AL,GA,SC,NC,VA,WV,MD,NJ,PA,NY,CT,NH,VT,ME)

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005475

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 sodalis

G. S. Miller & G. M. Allen, 1928

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

sodalis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:10980

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:10980

Authority page

130

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7900585

Authority publication

Bulletin of the United States National Museum

Name usages

  1. Necker & Hatfield (1941:44) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69510)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:66) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:192) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:72) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Koopman (1993:215) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  6. Koopman (1994:105) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  7. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  8. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:428) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  9. Bradley, Ammerman, Baker, Bradley, Cook, Dowler, Jones, Schmidly, Stangl, Van Den Bussche & Würsig (2014:11, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57785987) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19157)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14136) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14136) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  12. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:931) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005475) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  14. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14136/22053184) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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