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Myotis myotis (greater mouse-eared bat)

Osteichthyes - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae

Taxonomy
Vespertilio myotis was named by Borkhausen (1797). It is extant. It is the type species of Myotis.

It was recombined as Myotis myotis by Kaup (1829), Hay (1930), Kurten (1968).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1797Vespertilio myotis Borkhausen
1829Myotis myotis Kaup
1930Myotis myotis Hay p. 454
1968Myotis myotis Kurten p. 54

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
orderChiropteraBlumenbach 1779
suborderYangochiropteraKoopman 1984
superfamilyVespertilionoidea
familyVespertilionidae
genusMyotisKaup 1829
speciesmyotis(Borkhausen 1797)

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.

Myotis myotis Borkhausen 1797 [greater mouse-eared bat]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volanto
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:10
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:10
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Simmons et al. 2008, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.77400 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Greece (Chalkidiki) Myotis myotis (183123)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Spain (Segovia) Myotis myotis (36452 36517)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Corse) Myotis myotis (69062)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Myotis myotis (199941)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France (Poitou-Charentes) Myotis myotis (43619 43629 43631)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Spain Myotis myotis (235636)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Greece (Boeotia) Myotis myotis (203845)