Myotis indochinensis

Nguyen Truong Son, T. Görföl, C. M. Francis, Motokawa, Estók, Endo, Vu Dinh Thong, Nguyen Xuan Dang, Oshida, & Csorba, 2013

Indochinese 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

Authority citation

Son, N.T., Görföl, T., Francis, C.M., Motokawa, M., Estók, P., Endo, H., Thong, V.D., Dang, N.X., Oshida, T. and Csorba, G. 2013-12. Description of a new species of Myotis (Vespertilionidae) from Vietnam. Acta Chiropterologica 15(2):473-483.

Original name as described

Myotis indochinensis

Type material

IEBR M-839-2

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"16°06'N, 107°19'E, Loa village, Dong Son commune, A Luoi District, Thua Thien-Hue Province, Vietnam, 970 m a.s.l. (above sea level)."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Bangladesh · China · India · Laos · Vietnam

Distribution references

Saikia, U., Görföl, T., Raman, S., Laskar, M.A., Lyngdoh, D., Vanlalnghaka, C., Konwar, P.N. and Csorba, G. 2026. The Wallacean shortfall: Two new country records of bats (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from India. Animal Taxonomy and Ecology (in press). doi:10.1556/1777.2026.00154

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Son, N.T., Görföl, T., Francis, C.M., Motokawa, M., Estók, P., Endo, H., Thong, V.D., Dang, N.X., Oshida, T. and Csorba, G. 2013. Description of a new species of Myotis (Vespertilionidae) from Vietnam. Acta Chiropterologica 15(2):473-483. doi:10.3161/150811013X679099 · 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

Not Evaluated

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: 1 name and synonym.

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