Myotis vivesi

Menegaux, 1901

Fish-eating 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

Menegaux, A. 1901. Description d'une variété et d'une espèce nouvelles de Chiroptères rapportées du Mexique par M. Diguet. Bulletin du Muséum d'histoire naturelle 7:321-327.

Original name as described

Myotis Vivesi

Other common names

Fish-eating Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1907.6.19.1, MNHN-ZM-MO-1901-613

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

Isla Partida, Baja California, Mexico.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Mexico

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

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