Myotinae is a
subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end botanical subfamily names with "-oideae", and zo ...
of
vesper bats
Vespertilionidae is a family of microbats, of the order Chiroptera, flying, insect-eating mammals variously described as the common, vesper, or simple nosed bats. The vespertilionid family is the most diverse and widely distributed of bat familie ...
. It contains three genera: ''
Eudiscopus'', ''
Myotis
The mouse-eared bats or myotises are a diverse and widespread genus (''Myotis'') of bats within the family Vespertilionidae. The noun "''myotis''" itself is a Neo-Latin construction, from the Greek "''muós'' (meaning "mouse") and "''oûs''" ( ...
'', and ''
Submyotodon
''Submyotodon'' is a genus of vespertilionid bats, published as a new taxon in 2003 to describe a Miocene fossil species. Extant species and subspecies previously included in ''Myotis'' were later transferred to this genus. Species in this genus ...
''. Before the description of ''Submyotodon'' and analysis of its phylogenetics, as well as a phylogenetic analysis of ''
Eudiscopus'', the only member of Myotinae was ''Myotis''.
Species
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Eudiscopus''
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Eudiscopus denticulus''
( Osgood, 1932) - disk-footed bat
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Myotis
The mouse-eared bats or myotises are a diverse and widespread genus (''Myotis'') of bats within the family Vespertilionidae. The noun "''myotis''" itself is a Neo-Latin construction, from the Greek "''muós'' (meaning "mouse") and "''oûs''" ( ...
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Myotis adversus''
(Horsfield, 1824) - large-footed bat, large-footed mouse-eared bat, large-footed myotis
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Myotis aelleni''
(Baud, 1979) - southern myotis
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Myotis albescens''
(E. Geoffroy, 1806) - silver-tipped myotis
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Myotis alcathoe''
(von Helversen and Heller, 2001) - Alcathoe bat
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Myotis altarium''
(Thomas, 1911) - Szechwan myotis
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Myotis alticranius''
Osgood, 1932 - Indochinese whiskered myotis
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Myotis ancricola''
Kruskop, Borisenko, Dudorova, & Artyushin, 2018 - valley myotis
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Myotis anjouanensis''
(Dorst, 1960) - Anjouan myotis
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Myotis annamiticus''
(Kruskop and Tsytsulina, 2001) - Annamit myotis
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Myotis annatessae''
Kruskop & Borisenko, 2013 - Anna Tess's myotis
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Myotis annectans''
(Dobson, 1871) - hairy-faced bat
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Myotis armiensis''
Carrión-Bonilla & Cook, 2020 - Armién's myotis
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Myotis atacamensis''
(Lataste, 1892) - Atacama myotis
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Myotis ater''
(Peters, 1866) - Peters's myotis, small black myotis
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Myotis attenboroughi''
Moratelli et al., 2017 - Sir David Attenborough's myotis
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Myotis aurascens''
(Kuzyakin, 1935)
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Myotis auriculus''
(Baker and Stains, 1955) - southwestern myotis
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Myotis australis''
(Dobson, 1878) - Australian myotis
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Myotis austroriparius''
(Rhoads, 1897) - southeastern myotis
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Myotis badius''
Tiunov, Kruskop, & Feng Jiang, 2011 - chestnut myotis
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Myotis bakeri''
Moratelli, Novaes, Bonilla, & D. E. Wilson, 2019 - Baker's myotis
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Myotis bartelsii''
(Jentink, 1910) - Bartels's myotis
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Myotis bechsteinii''
(Kuhl, 1817) - Bechstein's bat
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Myotis blythii''
(Tomes, 1857) - lesser mouse-eared bat
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Myotis bocagii''
(Peters, 1870) - rufous mouse-eared bat
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Myotis bombinus''
(Thomas, 1906) - Far Eastern myotis, bombinus bat
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Myotis borneoensis''
Hill & Francis, 1984 - Bornean whiskered myotis
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Myotis brandtii
Brandt's bat or Brandt's myotis (''Myotis brandtii'') is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is native throughout most of Europe and parts of western Asia.
Taxonomy and etymology
The species was described in 1845 by Germ ...
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(Eversmann, 1845) - Brandt's bat
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Myotis browni''
E. H. Taylor, 1934 - Brown's whiskered myotis
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Myotis bucharensis''
(Kuzyakin, 1950) - Bocharic myotis, Bokhara whiskered bat
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Myotis californicus''
(Audubon and Bachman, 1842) - California myotis
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Myotis capaccinii''
(Bonaparte, 1837) - long-fingered bat
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Myotis caucensis''
Allen, 1914 - Colombian black myotis
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Myotis chiloensis''
(Waterhouse, 1840) - Chilean myotis
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Myotis chinensis''
(Tomes, 1857) - large myotis
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Myotis ciliolabrum''
(Merriam, 1886) - western small-footed bat, western small-footed myotis
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Myotis clydejonesi''
Moratelli, D. E. Wilson, A. L. Gardner, Fisher, & Gutierrez, 2016 - Clyde Jones's myotis
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Myotis cobanensis''
(Goodwin, 1955) - Guatemalan myotis
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Myotis crypticus''
Ruedi, Ibáñez, Salicini, Juste & Puechmaille, 2019 - cryptic myotis
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Myotis csorbai''
(Topál, 1997) - Csorba's mouse-eared bat
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Myotis dasycneme''
(Boie, 1825) - pond bat
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Myotis daubentonii''
(Kuhl, 1817) - Daubenton's bat
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Myotis davidii
David's myotis (Myotis ''davidii'') is a species of microbat in the Vespertilionidae family native to China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, and Russia. First identified in 1869 by Wilhelm Peters, it is similar in morphology to species like M. mystacinus, ...
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(Peters, 1869) - David's myotis
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Myotis dieteri
Kock's mouse-eared bat (''Myotis dieteri'') is a species of mouse-eared bat found in the Republic of the Congo.
Kock's mouse-eared bat was species description, described as a new species in 2005 by Meredith Happold. The holotype had been collect ...
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(Happold, 2005) - Kock's mouse-eared bat
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Myotis diminutus''
Moratelli & Wilson, 2011 - diminutive myotis
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Myotis dinellii''
Thomas, 1902 - Dinelli's myotis
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Myotis dominicensis''
Miller, 1902 - Dominican myotis
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Myotis elegans''
Hall, 1962 - elegant myotis
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Myotis emarginatus''
(E. Geoffroy, 1806) - Geoffroy's bat
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Myotis escalerai''
Cabrera, 1904 - Escalera's bat
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Myotis evotis
The long-eared myotis (''Myotis evotis'') is a species of vesper bat in the suborder Microchiroptera. It can be found in western Canada, the western United States, and Baja California in Mexico.
Description
The long-eared myotis is a pale brown ...
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(H. Allen, 1864) - long-eared myotis
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Myotis federatus''
Thomas, 1916 - Malaysian whiskered myotis
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Myotis fimbriatus''
(Peters, 1871) - fringed long-footed myotis
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Myotis findleyi''
Bogan, 1978 - Findley's myotis
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Myotis formosus''
(Hodgson, 1835) - Hodgson's bat, copper-winged bat
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Myotis fortidens''
Miller and Allen, 1928 - cinnamon myotis
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Myotis frater''
G.M. Allen, 1923 - fraternal myotis
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Myotis gomantongensis''
Francis and Hill, 1998 - Gomantong myotis
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Myotis goudotii''
(A. Smith, 1834) - Malagasy mouse-eared bat
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Myotis gracilis''
Ognev, 1927
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Myotis grisescens''
A.H. Howell, 1909 - gray bat
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Myotis hajastanicus
The Armenian whiskered bat (''Myotis hajastanicus''), also known as the Hajastan myotis or the Armenian myotis, is a species of bat from the family Vespertilionidae. The Armenian whiskered bat was formerly included as a part of the whiskered bat, ...
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Argyropulo, 1939 - Armenian whiskered bat, Hajastan myotis, Armenian myotis
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Myotis handleyi''
Moratelli, A. L. Gardner, J. A. Oliveira, & D. E. Wilson, 2013 - Handley's myotis
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Myotis hasseltii''
(Temminck, 1840) - lesser large-footed bat
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Myotis hermani''
Thomas, 1923 - Herman's myotis
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Myotis horsfieldii''
(Temminck, 1840) - Horsfield's bat
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Myotis hoveli''
Harrison, 1964 - Hovel's myotis
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Myotis hyrcanicus''
Benda ''et al.'', 2012 - Hyrcanian myotis
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Myotis ikonnikovi''
Ognev, 1912 - Ikonnikov's bat
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Myotis indochinensis''
Son ''et al.'', 2013 - Indochinese myotis
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Myotis insularum''
(Dobson, 1878) - insular myotis
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Myotis izecksohni''
Moratelli, Peracchi, Dias & de Oliveira, 2011 - Izecksohn's myotis
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Myotis keaysi''
J.A. Allen, 1914 - hairy-legged myotis
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Myotis keenii''
(Merriam, 1895) - Keen's myotis
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Myotis laniger''
Peters, 1871 - Chinese water myotis
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Myotis larensis''
LaVal, 1973 - Lara myotis
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Myotis lavali''
Moratelli, Peracchi, Dias, & Oliveira, 2011 - LaVal's Myotis
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Myotis leibii''
(Audubon and Bachman, 1842) - eastern small-footed bat
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Myotis levis''
(I. Geoffroy, 1824) - yellowish myotis
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Myotis longicaudatus''
Ognev, 1927 - long-tailed myotis
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Myotis longipes''
(Dobson, 1873) - Kashmir cave bat
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Myotis lucifugus''
(Le Conte, 1831) - little brown bat, eastern little brown myotis
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Myotis macrodactylus
The eastern long-fingered bat, or big-footed myotis (''Myotis macrodactylus'') is a species of vesper bat found in China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, and Russia. Roosting in caves and rock crevices during the day, it forages at night for inse ...
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(Temminck, 1840) - eastern long-fingered bat, big-footed myotis
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Myotis macropus''
(Gould, 1854) - southern myotis, large-footed myotis
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Myotis macrotarsus''
(Waterhouse, 1845) - pallid large-footed myotis, Philippine large-footed myotis
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Myotis martiniquensis''
LaVal, 1973 - Schwartz's myotis
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Myotis melanorhinus
The dark-nosed small-footed myotis (''Myotis melanorhinus'') is a species of mouse-eared bat in the family Vespertilionidae, described in 1890, and indigenous to Canada, Mexico, and the United States. While the International Union for Conservatio ...
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Merriam, 1890 - dark-nosed small-footed myotis
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Myotis midastactus''
Moratelli & Wilson, 2014 - golden myotis
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Myotis moluccarum''
(Thomas, 1915) - Maluku myotis, Arafura large-footed bat
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Myotis montivagus''
(Dobson, 1874) - Burmese whiskered bat
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Myotis morrisi''
Hill, 1971 - Morris's bat
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Myotis muricola''
(Gray, 1846) - wall-roosting mouse-eared bat, Nepalese whiskered myotis
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Myotis myotis''
(Borkhausen, 1797) - greater mouse-eared bat
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Myotis mystacinus''
(Kuhl, 1817) - whiskered bat
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Myotis nattereri''
(Kuhl, 1817) - Natterer's bat
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Myotis nesopolus''
Miller, 1900 - Curacao myotis
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Myotis nigricans''
(Schinz, 1821) - black myotis
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Myotis nimbaensis
The Nimba myotis (''Myotis nimbaensis''), also known as the orange-furred bat or Nimba Mountain bat, is a species of bat in the family Vespertilionidae. The species is endemic to the Nimba Mountains in Guinea, West Africa
West Africa, also k ...
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(Simmons et al., 2021) - Nimba mountain bat
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Myotis nipalensis''
Dobson, 1871 - Nepal myotis
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Myotis nyctor''
LaVal & Schwartz, 1974 - Barbados myotis
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Myotis occultus
The mouse-eared bats or myotises are a diverse and widespread genus (''Myotis'') of bats within the family Vespertilionidae. The noun "''myotis''" itself is a Neo-Latin construction, from the Greek "''muós'' (meaning "mouse") and "''oûs''" (m ...
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Hollister, 1909 - Arizona myotis
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Myotis oreias''
(Temminck, 1840) - Singapore whiskered bat
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Myotis oxyotus
The montane myotis (''Myotis oxyotus'') is a species of vesper bat. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela
Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the norther ...
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(Peters, 1867) - montane myotis
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Myotis peninsularis''
Miller, 1898 - peninsular myotis
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Myotis pequinius''
Thomas, 1908 - Beijing mouse-eared bat, Peking myotis
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Myotis petax
The eastern water bat or Sakhalin bat (''Myotis petax'') is a species of mouse-eared bat. It was for a long time considered to be a subspecies of ''Myotis daubentonii''.
Distribution
The Eastern water bat is a forest bat found in Russia (south a ...
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Hollister, 1912 - eastern water bat, Sakhalin bat
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Myotis peytoni''
Wroughton & Ryley, 1913 - Peyton's myotis
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Myotis phanluongi''
Borisenko, Kruskop and Ivanova, 2008 - Phan Luong's myotis
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Myotis pilosatibialis''
LaVal, 1973 - northern hairy-legged myotis
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Myotis pilosus''
Peters, 1869 - Rickett's big-footed bat
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Myotis planiceps''
Baker, 1955 - flat-headed myotis
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Myotis pruinosus''
Yoshiyuki, 1971 - frosted myotis
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Myotis punicus''
Felten, Spitzenberger and Storch, 1977 - Felten's myotis
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Myotis ricketti''
(Thomas, 1894)
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Myotis ridleyi''
Thomas, 1898 - Ridley's bat
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Myotis riparius''
Handley, 1960 - riparian myotis
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Myotis rosseti''
(Oey, 1951) - thick-thumbed myotis
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Myotis ruber
The red myotis (''Myotis ruber'') is a vesper bat species found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay
Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west an ...
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(E. Geoffroy, 1806) - red myotis
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Myotis rufoniger''
(Tomes, 1858) - reddish-black myotis
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Myotis rufopictus''
(Waterhouse, 1845) - orange-fingered myotis
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Myotis schaubi''
Kormos, 1934 - Schaub's myotis
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Myotis scotti''
Thomas, 1927 - Scott's mouse-eared bat
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Myotis secundus''
Ruedi, Csorba, Lin, & Chou , 2015 - long-toed myotis
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Myotis septentrionalis''
(Trouessart, 1897) - northern long-eared bat, northern myotis
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Myotis sibiricus
The Siberian bat or Siberian whiskered myotis (''Myotis sibiricus'') is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found throughout northeastern Asia, primarily in Siberia. It is known for its high life expectancy relative to ...
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(Kastschenko, 1905) - Siberian whiskered myotis
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Myotis sicarius''
Thomas, 1915 - Mandelli's mouse-eared bat
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Myotis siligorensis''
(Horsfield, 1855) - Himalayan whiskered bat
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Myotis simus''
Thomas, 1901 - velvety myotis
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Myotis sodalis''
Miller and Allen, 1928 - Indiana bat
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Myotis soror''
Ruedi, Csorba, Lin, & Chou, 2015 - reddish myotis
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Myotis sowerbyi''
Howell, 1926 - Sowerby's whiskered myotis
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Myotis stalkeri''
Thomas, 1910 - Kei myotis
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Myotis thysanodes''
Miller, 1897 - fringed myotis
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Myotis tricolor''
(Temminck, 1832) - Cape hairy bat, little brown bat, Temminck's mouse-eared bat, Cape myotis, tricoloured mouse-eared bat, Cape hairy myotis, Temminck's hairy bat, three-coloured bat
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Myotis tschuliensis''
Kuzyakin, 1935 - Tschuli myotis
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Myotis velifer''
(J.A. Allen, 1890) - cave myotis
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Myotis vivesi
''Myotis vivesi'', the fish-eating bat or fish-eating myotis, is a species of bat that lives around the Gulf of California, and feeds on fish and crustaceans. It is the largest species of the genus ''mouse-eared bat, Myotis'' in the Americas, an ...
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Menegaux, 1901 - fish-eating bat, fish-eating myotis
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Myotis volans''
(H. Allen, 1866) - long-legged myotis
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Myotis weberi''
(Jentink, 1890) - Weber's myotis
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Myotis welwitschii''
(Gray, 1866) - Welwitsch's bat, Welwitsch's mouse-eared bat, Welwitsch's myotis
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Myotis yanbarensis''
Maeda and Matsumara, 1998 - Yanbaru whiskered bat
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Myotis yumanensis''
(H. Allen, 1864) - Yuma myotis
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Myotis zenatius''
Ibáñez, Juste, Salicini, Puechmaille & Ruedi, 2019 - Zenati myotis
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Submyotodon
''Submyotodon'' is a genus of vespertilionid bats, published as a new taxon in 2003 to describe a Miocene fossil species. Extant species and subspecies previously included in ''Myotis'' were later transferred to this genus. Species in this genus ...
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Submyotodon caliginosus''
( Tomes, 1859) - Himalayan broad-muzzled bat
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Submyotodon latirostris''
( Kishida, 1932) - Taiwan broad-muzzled bat
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Submyotodon moupinensis''
( Milne-Edwards, 1872) - Moupin broad-muzzled bat
Notes
References
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Mammal subfamilies
Taxa named by George Henry Hamilton Tate
Vesper bats