Myotis guarani

Novaes, Cláudio, Bertocchi, de Oliveira, Semedo, Saldanha, D. E. Wilson, & Moratelli, 2025

Guaraní 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

Novaes, R.L.M., Cláudio, V.C., Bertocchi, N.A., de Oliveira, K., Semedo, T.B.F., Saldanha, J., Wilson, D.E. and Moratelli, R. 2025-03-27. Unveiling the shelf life: a new cryptic species of Myotis (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) from South America revealed by an integrative taxonomy approach. Journal of Mammalogy (in press).

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyaf016

Original name as described

Myotis guarani

Type material

UFMT 4946

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Brazil: Mato Grosso; Poconé, Fazenda São João (16°56′41″S, 56°37′57″W; 117 m a.s.l.; Fig. 9)."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Argentina · Bolivia · Brazil · Paraguay

Taxonomy notes

Novaes, R. L. M., Cláudio, V. C., Bertocchi, N. A., de Oliveira, K., Semedo, T. B., Saldanha, J., ... & Moratelli, R. (2025). Unveiling the shelf life: a new cryptic species of Myotis (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) from South America revealed by an integrative taxonomy approach. Journal of Mammalogy, gyaf016.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006935

Country distribution map

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