Myotis simus

O. Thomas, 1901

Velvety Myotis

Side view of head. Image in Mammalian Species 892.
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Location:Bolivia, Santa Cruz, El Refugio Huanchaca, near Parque Nacional Noel Kempff MercadoDate taken:1 August 2000Description:Side view of head. Image in Mammalian Species 892.

Distribution :

Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, N Brazil, Bolivia, NE Argentina, and Paraguay

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1938

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

Thomas, O. 1901-06-01. New Myotis, Artibeus, Sylvilagus, and Metachirus from Central and South America. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)7(42):541-545.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24345417

Original name as described

Myotis simus

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1881.5.12.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/798a06db-f751-495f-9fa5-99fecaa712f0

Type locality

"Sarayacu, Peru." Expanded from holotype information by R. K. LaVal in 1973b to "Sarayacu, Río Ucayali, Loreto, Peru, elevation ca. 100 m."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Argentina · Brazil · Colombia · Ecuador · Peru

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005474

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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.

Myotis simus

O. Thomas, 1901

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

simus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1881.5.12.2

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Sarayacu, Peru.

Type locality

Peru: Loreto Department: 6°44′S, 75°6′W.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/798a06db-f751-495f-9fa5-99fecaa712f0

Authority page

541

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24345417

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:95, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422924) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Osgood (1914:182, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2646771) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20586)
Handley (1960:466, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7717338) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34494)
Corbet & Hill (1980:66) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:192) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Sevilla García (1988:160) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11366)
Corbet & Hill (1991:72) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Koopman (1993:215) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
Koopman (1994:106) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Anderson (1997:276) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:934) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Velazco, Voss, Fleck & Simmons (2021:138, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61530340) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/56561)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005474) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14204/22064642) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Myotis guaycuru

Proença, 1943

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

guaycuru

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ALP 9277

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Brazil: Mato Grosso do Sul.

Authority page

313

Authority publication

Revista Brasileira de Biologia

Name usages

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

Myotis simus simus:

Handley, 1960

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

simus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

468

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7717340

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

Handley (1960:468, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7717340) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34494)

Myotis sima:

Woodman, 1993

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

simus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

545

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

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