Myotis leibii

(Audubon & Bachman, 1842)

Eastern Small-footed Myotis

Side view, hanging from cave wall
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Location:USA, KY, Short CaveDate taken:1 January 1965Description:Side view, hanging from cave wall

Distribution :

Alaska (USA) to Labrador and Newfoundland (Canada), south to S California, N Arizona, N New Mexico (USA).

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 226

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

Audubon, J.J. and Bachman, J. 1842. Descriptions of new species of quadrupeds inhabiting North America. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8(2):280-323.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24623282

Original name as described

Vespertilio Leibii

Type material

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Erie county, Michigan, " USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Canada · United States

Subregion distribution

USA(AL, AR, CT, DE, GA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WV)

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005428

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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: 6 names and synonyms.

Vespertilio Leibii

Audubon & Bachman, 1842

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

leibii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Erie county, Michigan

Type locality

United States: Ohio: Erie County, Ohio.

Authority page

284

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24623282

Authority publication

Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

Audubon & Bachman (1842:284, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24623282) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37723)
Schinz (1844:191) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36043)
Murray (1866:349, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580345) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Fitzinger (1871:249, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36317362) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67513)

Myotis winnemana

E. W. Nelson, 1913

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

winnemana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:150275

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

United States: Maryland: Montgomery County, Maryland: 38°58′12″N, 77°10′37″W.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a9c27d00-b7d1-4198-95b9-26889278b726

Authority page

183

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3337961

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Myotis leibii:

S. Anderson, 1972

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

leibii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

245

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Anderson (1972:245) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15657)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:188) (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 (1993:212) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
Koopman (1994:104) (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 #14172) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14172) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:926) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005428) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14172/22055716) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Myotis leibi:

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

leibi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

64

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:64) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Myotis subulatus leibii:

E. R. Hall, 1981

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

leibii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

188

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

Hall (1981:188) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35036)

M. l. leibii:

Koopman, 1994

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

leibii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

104

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Koopman (1994:104) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

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