Authority citation: Tomes, R.F. 1859-06. Description of six hitherto undescribed species of bats. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1859(1):68-79.
Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32274479
Original name as described: Vespertilio caliginosus
Nominal names: caliginosus (Tomes, 1859) | blanfordi (Dobson, 1871)
Other common names: Mustached Myotis
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Chiroptera -- Family: Vespertilionidae -- Subfamily: Myotinae
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: BMNH:Mamm:1907.1.1.512
Type locality: India.
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Afghanistan (AFG) | Pakistan (PAK) | India (IND) | China? | Nepal?
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: Not evaluated
Species-specific notes: split from Myotis muricola; includes blanfordi tentatively; moved from Myotis to Submyotodon
Citation: Ruedi, M., Csorba, G., Lin, L. K., & Chou, C. H. (2015). Molecular phylogeny and morphological revision of Myotis bats (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from Taiwan and adjacent China. Zootaxa, 3920(1), 301-342.|Csorba, G., Lin, L.-K., Chou, C.-H., Ruedi, M. 2015. Molecular phylogeny and morphological revision of Myotis bats (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from Taiwan and adjacent China. Zootaxa 3920(2). doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3920.2.6.|Ruedi, M., Saikia, U., Thabah, A., Görföl, T., Thapa, S., & Csorba, G. (2021). Molecular and morphological revision of small Myotinae from the Himalayas shed new light on the poorly known genus Submyotodon (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Mammalian Biology, 101(4), 465-480.
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