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Myotis myotis (greater mouse-eared bat)

Mammalia - 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) and 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
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—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