Myotis frater

G. M. Allen, 1923

Fraternal Myotis

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Chiroptera
Suborder: Yangochiroptera
Superfamily: Vespertilionoidea
Family: Vespertilionidae
Subfamily: Myotinae
Genus: Myotis
Subgenus: Myotis

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Allen, G.M. 1923-08-28. New Chinese bats. American Museum Novitates 85:1-8.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/2246/4661

Original name as described

Myotis frater

Other common names

Long-tailed Whiskered Bat

Type material

AMNH M-48039

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-48039

Type locality

"Yenping, Fukien Province, China."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China · Taiwan

Taxonomy notes

previously included M. longicaudatus

Taxonomy notes citation

Ruedi, M., Csorba, G., Lin, L.-K. and Chou, C.-H. 2015. Molecular phylogeny and morphological revision of Myotis bats (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from Taiwan and adjacent China. Zootaxa 3920(2):301-342. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3920.2.6 · Chen, K.-h., Wang, X.-y., Huang, Z.-f., Mo, Y.-z., Wu, Y., Hu, Y.-b., Yue, Y. and Yu, W.-h. 2026. Resolving taxonomic uncertainty in Chinese Myotis through molecular and morphometric integration in the Eastern Region of China (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Vertebrate Zoology 76:187-206. doi:10.3897/vz.76.e182515

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005410

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 2 names and synonyms.

Myotis frater

G. M. Allen, 1923

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

frater

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-48039

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Yenping, Fukien Province, China

Type locality

China: Fujian: 26°38′42″N, 118°10′25″E.

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-48039

Authority page

6

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

Allen (1923:6) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16028)
Allen (1938:220, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12466663) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6006)
Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:142, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722443) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
Hill (1962:129, 130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16219)
Hill (1962:130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16219)
Corbet & Hill (1980:64) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:187) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Sevilla García (1988:158) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11366)
Corbet & Hill (1991:71) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Koopman (1993:211) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
Koopman (1994:103) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Smith & Xie (2008:377) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
Ruedi, Csorba, Lin & Chou (2015:331) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/21775)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14162) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14162) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:976) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005410) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/85566806/22056940) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Myotis frater frater:

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

frater

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

143

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722444

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:143, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722444) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
Hill (1962:129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16219)
Koopman (1994:103) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Smith & Xie (2008:377) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

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