Myotis nimbaensis
Simmons, Flanders, Bakwo Fils, Parker, Suter, Bamba, Douno, Keita, A. E. Morales, & W. F. Frick, 2021
Nimba 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
Authority citation
Simmons, N.B., Flanders, J., Bakwo Fils, E.M., Parker, G., Suter, J.D., Bamba, S., Douno, M., Keita, M.K., Morales, A.E. and Frick, W.F. 2021-01-13. A new dichromatic species of Myotis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from the Nimba Mountains, Guinea. American Museum Novitates 3963:1-40.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60583636Original name as described
Myotis nimbaensis
Type material
AMNH M-279589
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Kaiser Adit 1, Nimba Mountains, Guinea (N07.66499, W008.37223)"
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Guinea
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Simmons, N. B., Flanders, J., Fils, E. M. B., Parker, G., Suter, J. D., Bamba, S., Douno, M., Keita, M. K., Morales, A. E., & Frick, W. F., A new dichromatic species of Myotis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from the Nimba Mountains, Guinea. American Museum Novitates, 3963, 1-37.
IUCN Red List status
Critically Endangered
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