Authority citation: Wroughton, R.C. and Ryley, K.V. 1913-04-21. Scientific results from the Mammal Survey. III. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 22(1):13-21.
Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30154882
Original name as described: Myotis peytoni
Nominal names: peytoni Wroughton & Ryley, 1913
Other common names: Peyton's Whiskered Bat|Peyton's Whiskered Myotis
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Chiroptera -- Family: Vespertilionidae -- Subfamily: Myotinae
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: BMNH:Mamm:1912.8.25.1
Type locality: "Gersoppa Falls, Kanara [Karnataka, southern India]. Altitude 1,300 ft. [= 390 m]."
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): India (IND)
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.
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