Myotis montivagus

(Dobson, 1874)

Burmese Whiskered 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

Dobson, G.E. 1874. Description of new species of Chiroptera from India and Yunan. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 43:237-238.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35549608

Original name as described

Vespertilio montivagus

Other common names

Burmese Whiskered Bat · Large Brown Myotis

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1876.3.10.5, ZSI 155579, ZSI 155580, ZSI 155581

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

"Hotha, Yunan [= Yunnan], " China.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

China · India · Myanmar

Taxonomy notes

previously included M. borneoensis, M. federatus, and M. peytoni; records of this species in China likely represent a distinct species closely related to M. indochinensis, but further research is needed to clarify the taxonomy of this species

Taxonomy notes citation

Görföl, T., Estók, P. and Csorba, G. 2013. The subspecies of Myotis montivagus—taxonomic revision and species limits (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 59(1):41-59. a#12241 · 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

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005440

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: 4 names and synonyms.

Vespertilio montivagus

Dobson, 1874

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

montivagus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1876.3.10.5, ZSI 155579, ZSI 155580, ZSI 155581

Type kind

syntypes

Original type locality

Hotha, Yunan

Type locality

China: Yunnan.

Authority page

237

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35549608

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

Trouessart (1878:249, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33975532) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58780)

Myotis montivagus:

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

montivagus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

91

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422920

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:91, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422920) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Hill (1962:124, 130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16219)
Hill (1962:130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16219)
Corbet & Hill (1980:65) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:189) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Sevilla García (1988:159) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11366)
Corbet & Hill (1991:71) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Koopman (1993:213) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
Koopman (1994:106) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Bates & Harrison (1997:128) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27903)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Smith & Xie (2008:378) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
Görföl, Estók & Csorba (2013:53) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12241)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14181) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14181) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:963) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005440) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/85567622/22065126) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Myotis mystacinus montivagus:

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

montivagus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

140

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722441

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:140, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722441) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)

Myotis montivagus montivagus:

J. Edwards Hill, 1962

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

montivagus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

124, 130

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Hill (1962:124, 130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16219)
Hill (1962:130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16219)
Koopman (1994:106) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

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