Myotis grisescens

A. H. Howell, 1909

Gray Myotis

Dorsal view. Also as Gray Bat.
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Location:USA, KY, Short CaveDate taken:1 January 1965Description:Dorsal view. Also as Gray Bat.

Distribution :

Florida Panhandle to Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, E Kansas and NE Oklahoma (USA)

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 228

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Howell, A.H. 1909-03-10. Description of a new bat from Nickajack Cave, Tennessee. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 22:45-47.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3330005

Original name as described

Myotis grisescens

Other common names

Gray Bat

Type material

USNM:MAMM:157517

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/31ead6dc4-5577-4406-b619-40aa61361c11

Type locality

"Nickajack Cave, near Shellmound, Marion County, Tennessee, " USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States

Subregion distribution

USA(AL, AR, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, MO, MS, NC, OH, TN, VA, WV)

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005413

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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: 1 name and synonym.

Myotis grisescens

A. H. Howell, 1909

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

grisescens

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:157517

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Nickajack Cave, near Shellmound, Marion County, Tennessee.

Type locality

United States: Tennessee: Marion County, Tennessee.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/31ead6dc4-5577-4406-b619-40aa61361c11

Authority page

46

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3330005

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Necker & Hatfield (1941:44) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69510)
Corbet & Hill (1980:64) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Hall (1981:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35036)
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 (1991:73) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Koopman (1993:211) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
Koopman (1994:107) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Bradley, Ammerman, Baker, Bradley, Cook, Dowler, Jones, Schmidly, Stangl, Van Den Bussche & Würsig (2014:11, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57785987) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19157)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:937) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005413) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14132/22051652) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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