The status of the Japanese and East Asian bats of the genus Myotis (Vespertilionidae) based on mitochondrial sequences

Phylogeny of AfricanMyotisBats (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) Inferred from CytochromebSequences

“…As already shown in other molecular studies (Ruedi and Mayer, 2001;Hoofer and Van Den Bussche, 2003;Kawai et al, 2003;Stadelmann et al, 2004), and in a paper that explored relationships between external morphology and foraging behaviour (Fenton and Bogdanowicz, 2002), the current morphology-based subdivision of the genus Myotis into four or more subgenera (e.g., Findley, 1972;Koopman, 1994) does not reflect phylogenetic groupings but represent different adaptive convergences. Since only about half of the extant species have been examined genetically, it is still premature to propose an alternative classification.…”

“…Since these two species were identified as sister taxa in all molecular reconstructions (Fig. 1, and Kawai et al, 2003), this particular coloration probably evolved only once in the genus Myotis. Similarly, phenetic analyses of Findley (1972) based on morphology placed emarginatus, tricolor and goudoti in the same emarginatus-group.…”

“…The seven Afrotropical species sampled were compared to 42 other species of Myotis originating from various parts of the World. The latter include all species already sequenced in Ruedi and Mayer (2001) or in Stadelmann et al (2004), and three Oriental species (Myotis pruinosus, M. chinensis, and M. ikonnikovi) deposited in GenBank by Kawai et al (2003). We also sequenced eight additional, non-Ethiopian species of Myotis (Table 1).…”

A new species of Myotis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from central Africa

“…1) to ''M. formosus'' in Kawai et al (2003) and ''M. watasei '' in Jiang et al (2010) and thus represents M. rufoniger, not M. formosus sensu stricto.…”

Current status of terrestrial mammals on Jeju Island

“…bombinus was formerly included in M. nattereri but treated as a separate species by Kawai et al (2003).…”