Myotis huariorum

D. R. Díaz, Medina, Arias, E. López, & Carrión Bonilla, 2025

Huariorum Myotis

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

Authority citation

Díaz, D.R., Medina, C.E., Arias, S., López, E. and Carrión Bonilla, C.A. 2025-07-08. A new species of Myotis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from the coastal desert of southern Peru. Journal of Mammalogy (in press).

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyaf028

Original name as described

Myotis huariorum

Type material

MUSA 16968

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Perú: Departamento de Arequipa, Condesuyos Prov., Río Grande District, Altomolino (15°56′24.00″S, 73°07′48.00″W, elevation 480 m)."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Peru

Taxonomy notes

recently described based on populations previously attributed to M. oxyotus

Taxonomy notes citation

Díaz, D. R., Medina, C. E., Arias, S., López, E., & Carrión Bonilla, C. A. (2025). A new species of Myotis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from the coastal desert of southern Peru. Journal of Mammalogy, gyaf028.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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