Myotis chiloensis

Myotis chiloensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Vespertilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yangochiroptera Superfamilia: Vespertilionoidea

Familia: Vespertilionidae
Subfamilia: Myotinae
Genus: Myotis
Species: Myotis chiloensis

Name

Myotis chiloensis (Waterhouse, 1838)

• Holotype: ?BMNH, collected by Lieutenant Sullivan in January 1836. [lost]
• Neotype: FMNH 24029, adult ♀, skin and skull, collected by J. Vera in 1923. [designated by LaVal (1973: 43)]
• Type locality: “Chiloe ... amongst the islets on the eastern side of Chiloe”, redesignated by neotype designation to “Cucao, Chiloe Island, Chile, elevation sea level” by LaVal (1973: 43).

Combinations

• Vespertilio Chiloensis Waterhouse, 1838: 5 [original combination]

Synonyms

• Myotis gayi Lataste, 1892
• Myotis atacamensis Miller & Allen, 1928
• Myotis arescens Osgood, 1943

Native distribution areas

• Central and Southern Chile
• Western Argentina

References

Primary references

• Waterhouse, G.R. 1838–1839. The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, under the command of Captain Fitzroy, R.N., during the years 1832 to 1836. Part II: Mammalia. Smith, Elder & Co.: London. 97 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• LaVal, R.K. 1973. Systematics of the genus Rhogeessa (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Occasional papers of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas 19: 1–47. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Barquez, R. & Diaz, M. 2016. IUCN: Myotis chiloensis  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T14151A22061103. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T14151A22061103.en. Accessed on 11 June 2024.

Vernacular names

English: Chilean Myotis