Myotis himalaicus
Ruedi, Chakravarty, Saikia, & Csorba in Saikia, Chakravarty, Csorba, Laskar, & Ruedi, 2025
Himalayan Long-tailed 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
Authority citation
Saikia, U., Chakravarty, R., Csorba, G., Laskar, M.A. and Ruedi, M. 2025-06-05. Taxonomic reassessment of bats from the Western Himalayas, India and description of a new species of the _Myotis frater_ complex (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae). Zootaxa 5644(1):1-78.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5644.1.1Original name as described
Myotis himalaicus
Type material
ZSIS V/M/ERS/653
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"above a water pond surrounded by dense evergreen forests, at Ansuya, Chamoli District, Uttarakhand (30°29’15.5” N, 79°17’29” E), at an elevation of 2000 m above sea level."
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
Pakistan · India
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Saikia, U., Chakravarty, R., Csorba, G., Laskar, M. A., & Ruedi, M. (2025). Taxonomic reassessment of bats from the Western Himalayas, India and description of a new species of the Myotis frater complex (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae). Zootaxa, 5644(1), 1-78. · Zhukova, S. S., Yuzefovich, A. P., Lebedev, V. S., & Kruskop, S. V. (2025). Reassessment of the Taxonomic Borders Within Pipistrellus (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae, Pipistrellini). Diversity, 17(5), 317.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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