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Myotis federatus O. Thomas, 1916

Malaysian Whiskered Myotis

Authority citation: Thomas, O. 1916. List of Microchiroptera, other than leaf-nose bats, in the collection of the Federated Malay States Museums. Journal of the Federated Malay States Museums 7:1-6.

Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19063738

Original name as described: Myotis peytoni federatus

Nominal names: federatus O. Thomas, 1916

Other common names: Malayan Whiskered Myotis


Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Chiroptera -- Family: Vespertilionidae -- Subfamily: Myotinae

Type specimen voucher catalogue number: BMNH:Mamm:1916.4.20.5

Type locality: "Semangko Pass, Selangor–Pahang boundary [Malaysia]. 2,700 ft. [= 823 m]."

Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Malaysia (MYS) | Indonesia?

Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is newly recognized since MSW3 2005.

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status:


Species-specific notes: split from M. montivagus
Citation: Görföl, T., Estók, P., & Csorba, G. (2013). The subspecies of Myotis montivagus—taxonomic revision and species limits (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 59(1), 41-59.


Species Permalink: http://www.classic.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005405

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