Myotis albescens (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)

Braun, Janet K.; Layman, Quinci D.; Mares, Michael A.

doi:10.1644/846.1

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“…Myotis albescens (É. Geoffroy, 1806) Currently this species is treated as monotypic and occurs from southern Veracruz, Mexico, southward through Central America into Uruguay and Argentina (Simmons, 2005;Wilson, 2008;Braun et al, 2009;Moratelli and Oliveira, 2011). South American populations show a trend toward increasing size southward, with smaller specimens found in the north.…”

Section: Taxonomic Notes On Other Venezuelan and Colombian Myotismentioning

confidence: 99%

Review ofMyotis(Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) from Northern South America, Including Description of a New Species

Moratelli

Gardner

Oliveira

et al. 2013

American Museum Novitates

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Section: Taxonomic Notes On Other Venezuelan and Colombian Myotismentioning

confidence: 99%

Review ofMyotis(Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) from Northern South America, Including Description of a New Species

Moratelli

Gardner

Oliveira

et al. 2013

American Museum Novitates

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“…Esta especie frecuentemente se refugian en edifi cios y en otras estructuras humanas, y suelen encontrarse cerca de áreas con agua (Braun et al 2009). (7): Punchana, Bellavista Nanay (puerto), 4 (MMD 2398, 2399, 2400, 2402; hembras adultas, una preñada y dos lactando) (techo de una vivienda, 8 octubre 2003); Recreo Don Pepe, al lado del cementerio de Punchana,3 (MMD 3088,3089,3090; todas hembras adultas, dos preñadas) (techo de una vivienda, 22 marzo 2004).…”

Section: Familia Vespertilionidae Gray 1821unclassified

Refugios naturales y artificiales de Murciélagos (Mammalia:Chiroptera) en la selva baja en el Noroeste de Perú

Díaz

García

2012

Gayana (Concepc.)

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“…Based on external and skull measurements reported by LAVAL (1973) and LÓPEZ-GONZÁLEZ et al (2001) (LAVAL 1973, SIMMONS 2005, WILSON 2008. On the other hand, some of the main diagnostic characters in M. albescens are the ear length (9-14 mm), long and silky pelage, tips of dorsal pelage with frosted appearance, and fringe of hairs along the trailing edge of uropatagium (LAVAL 1973, LÓPEZ-GONZÁLEZ et al 2001, BRAUN 2009 punensis as a junior synonym of M. nigricans, a decision followed by SIMMONS (2005) and WILSON (2008). In this study, based on overall external and skull size, tips of dorsal pelage with frosted appearance and presence of a fringe of hairs along the trailing edge of the uropatagium in the holotype of M. punensis, we suggest that the name Myotis punensis J.A.…”

Section: Redescription Of the Holotype Of Myotis Punensismentioning

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The identity of Myotis punensis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)

Moratelli¹,

Wilson²

2011

Zoologia (Curitiba, Impr.)

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Myotis Kaup, 1829 (Vespertilionidae: Myotinae) comprises a diverse group of small to large-sized vespertilionid bats with a worldwide distribution, including more than one hundred species (SIMMONS 2005). Twelve South American species are recognized currently (WILSON 2008). Nevertheless, about 60 names have been proposed for South American Myotis since the description of the first species from that continent, Myotis albescens (É. Geoffroy, 1806), more than two centuries ago. Among them, Myotis punensis J.A. Allen, 1914 was described based on a single specimen from Isla Puna, Ecuador. MILLER & ALLEN (1928) regarded the name Myotis punensis as a junior synonym of Myotis albescens. Later LAVAL (1973) identified the holotype of M. punensis as M. nigricans (Schinz, 1821). LAVAL (1973) applied the name Myotis punensis to populations of M. nigricans from lowland localities on the west side of the Andes in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, recognizing them at the subspecific level as M. nigricans punensis J.A. Allen, 1914. Subsequently, BOGAN (1978 refuted the distinctness of those populations and recommended that the name Myotis nigricans punensis should be relegated to the synonymy of Myotis nigricans nigricans, but without examining the holotype of M. punensis. BOGAN'S (1978) suggestion was followed by SIMMONS (2005) and WILSON (2008), who considered Myotis punensis a junior synonym of Myotis nigricans.As part of an ongoing systematic and biogeographic review of South American species of Myotis and in order to further investigate the identity of M. punensis, we compared its holotype with the South American species of Myotis currently recognized. MATERIAL AND METHODSWe evaluated the taxonomic status of M. punensis by comparing its holotype (AMNH 36263) Thomas, 1901. A list of specimens examined and their localities is in the Appendix 1. A set of qualitative and quantitative characters reported as diagnostic by previous authors (THOMAS 1901, 1902, MILLER & ALLEN 1928, HANDLEY 1960, LAVAL 1973, BAUD & MENU 1993, LÓPEZ-GONZÁLEZ et al. 2001, LÓPEZ-GONZÁLEZ 2005, WILSON 2008 were used in comparisons. The qualitative characters selected were: plagiopatagium attachment (attached at ankles; at toes by a narrow band of membrane; or at toes by a broad band of membrane); occurrence of a fringe of hairs along the trailing edge of the uropatagium (absent or present); position of P3 (aligned with other premolars or displaced to the lingual side, and visible or not visible when observed in lateral view); occurrence and height of sagittal and occipital crests (absent or present; and height: very low, low, medium and high); shape of the braincase roof (parietal inclined forward or straight when observed in lateral view); shape of the supraoccipital region (supraoccipital and posteriormost part of parietals flattened when observed in lateral view, not projecting much beyond the limit of the occipital condyles, or supraoccipital and posteriormost part of parietals rounded, projecting beyond the limit of the occipital condyles). N...

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Myotis albescens (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)

Cited by 14 publications

References 49 publications

Review ofMyotis(Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) from Northern South America, Including Description of a New Species

Review ofMyotis(Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) from Northern South America, Including Description of a New Species

Refugios naturales y artificiales de Murciélagos (Mammalia:Chiroptera) en la selva baja en el Noroeste de Perú

The identity of Myotis punensis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)

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