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Myotis
Taxonomy
Myotis was named by Kaup (1829). It is extant. Its type is Vespertilio myotis.
It was assigned to Vespertilionae by Kurten and Anderson (1980); to Myotinae by Wilson and Reeder (2005); and to Vespertilionidae by Hay (1930), Sherman (1952), Kurten (1968), Rabon et al. (2000), Czaplewski et al. (2002), Czaplewski and Peachey (2003), Salles et al. (2006) and Korth and Evander (2016).
It was assigned to Vespertilionae by Kurten and Anderson (1980); to Myotinae by Wilson and Reeder (2005); and to Vespertilionidae by Hay (1930), Sherman (1952), Kurten (1968), Rabon et al. (2000), Czaplewski et al. (2002), Czaplewski and Peachey (2003), Salles et al. (2006) and Korth and Evander (2016).
Species
M. antiquus, M. austroriparius, M. baranensis, M. bechsteini, M. belgicus, M. blythi, M. boyeri, M. brandtii, M. californicus, M. danutae, M. dasycneme, M. daubentoni, M. davidii, M. elegans, M. emarginatus, M. estramosensis, M. evotis, M. exilis, M. grisecens, M. grisescens, M. helleri (syn. M. insignis), M. ikonnikovi, M. janossyi, M. keenii, M. leibii, M. lucifugus, M. mangamolaris, M. murinoides, M. myotis, M. mystacinus, M. nattereri, M. oxygnathus, M. paradaubentoni, M. rectidens, M. salodorensis, M. sanctialbani, M. septentrionalis, M. siligorensis, M. sodalis, M. subulatus, M. thysanodes, M. velifer, M. volans, M. yumanensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1829 | Myotis Kaup p. 106 |
| 1906 | Pizonyx Miller |
| 1930 | Myotis Hay p. 454 |
| 1952 | Myotis Sherman p. 87 |
| 1968 | Myotis Kurten p. 52 |
| 1980 | Myotis Kurten and Anderson p. 118 |
| 1989 | Pizonyx Dalquest and Patrick |
| 2000 | Myotis Rabon et al. p. 61 |
| 2002 | Myotis Czaplewski et al. p. 99 |
| 2003 | Myotis Czaplewski and Peachey p. 602 |
| 2005 | Myotis Wilson and Reeder |
| 2006 | Myotis Salles et al. p. 8 |
| 2016 | Myotis Korth and Evander |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Myotis Kaup 1829
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†Myotis antiquus Gaillard 1899
†Myotis austroriparius Rhoads 1897
†Myotis baranensis Kormos 1934
Myotis bechsteini Leisler 1818
†Myotis belgicus Gunnell et al. 2017
Myotis blythi Tomes 1857 [lesser mouse-eared bat]
†Myotis boyeri Mein 1965
Myotis brandtii Eversmann 1845 [Brandts myotis]
†Myotis californicus Audubon and Bachman 1842
†Myotis danutae Kowalski 1956
Myotis dasycneme Boie 1825
Myotis daubentoni Kuhl 1817
Myotis davidii Peters 1869 [Davids myotis]
†Myotis elegans Baudelot 1972
Myotis emarginatus Geoffroy 1806
†Myotis estramosensis Topál 1983
†Myotis evotis Allen 1864
†Myotis exilis Heller 1936
†Myotis grisecens Howell 1909
Myotis grisescens Howell 1909 [gray bat]
Myotis ikonnikovi Ognev 1912 [Ikonnikov's bat]
†Myotis janossyi Topál 1983
†Myotis keenii Merriam 1895
†Myotis leibii Audubon and Bachman 1842
†Myotis lucifugus Le Conte 1831
†Myotis mangamolaris Choate and Hall 1967
†Myotis murinoides Trouessart 1904
Myotis myotis Borkhausen 1797 [greater mouse-eared bat]
Myotis mystacinus Leisler 1819
Myotis nattereri Kuhl 1818
Myotis oxygnathus Monticelli 1885
†Myotis paradaubentoni Topál 1983
†Myotis rectidens Choate and Hall 1967
†Myotis salodorensis Revilliod 1922
†Myotis sanctialbani Viret 1951
Myotis septentrionalis Trouessart 1897
Myotis siligorensis Horsfield 1855 [Himalayan whiskered bat]
†Myotis sodalis Miller and Allen 1928
Myotis subulatus Say 1823
†Myotis thysanodes Miller 1897
Myotis velifer Allen 1890 [cave myotis]
†Myotis volans Allen 1866
†Myotis yumanensis Allen 1864
Invalid names: Pizonyx Miller 1906 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Simmons et al. 2008, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Geringian to the top of the Holocene or 30.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 28.4 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 28.4 Ma
Collections (170 total)
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Oligocene | Belgium | M. belgicus (31748) | |
| Rupelian | Belgium (Brabant) | M. belgicus (75867) | |
| Rupelian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Chiroptera indet. (68021) | |
| Geringian | USA (Nebraska) | M. sp. (17709) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene | China (Jiangsu) | M. sp. (13482) | |
| Burdigalian | China (Jiangsu) | M. sp. (41813) | |
| Late/Upper Hemingfordian | USA (Nebraska) | Microchiroptera indet. (17889) | |
| MN 4 | Switzerland (Sankt Gallen) | M. sp. (46284) | |
| Barstovian | USA (Nebraska) | M. sp. (18031) | |
| Early/Lower Barstovian | USA (Nebraska) | Myotis indet. (17976) | |
| MN 7 + 8 | Switzerland (Sankt Gallen) | M. murinoides (46263) | |
| Clarendonian | USA (Nebraska) | M. sp. (18324 188779) | |
| Clarendonian | USA (Kansas) | M. sp. (18450) | |
| Clarendonian | USA (Oklahoma) | M. yumanensis (18463) | |
| Tortonian | China (Yunnan) | M. sp. (11798) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Spain (Granada) | M. sp., M. boyeri (26752) | |
| MN 9 | Austria (Niederösterreich) | M. sp. (66943) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (Oregon) | M. sp. (19015) | |
| Late/Upper Hemphillian | USA (Arizona) | M. sp. (19514) | |
| Hemphillian - Blancan | USA (Nevada) | M. sp. (19966) | |