Published December 31, 1982 | Version v1
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Myotis lucifugus

Description

Myotis lucifugus (Le Conte, 1831). In McMurtie, Animal Kingdom Cuvier, l (App.):431.

REVIEWED BY: F. J. Brenner (FJB).

TYPE LOCALITY: U.S.A., Georgia, Liberty Co., near Riceboro.

DISTRIBUTION: Alaska to Labrador, south to Distrito Federal (Mexico).

COMMENT: Includes occultus; see Findley and Jones, 1967, J. Mammal., 48:429-443. Hybridizes with yumanensis in some areas; see Parkinson, 1979, J. Mamm., 60:489-504. Reviewed by Fenton and Barclay, 1980, Mamm. Species, 142:1-8.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301405014014039001.

Notes

Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Chiroptera, pp. 111-215 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 189, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352990

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Vespertilionidae
Genus
Myotis
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Chiroptera
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Le Conte
Species
lucifugus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Myotis lucifugus (Conte, 1831) sec. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl, 1982

References

  • Findley, J. S., and C. Jones. 1967. Taxonomic relationships of bats of the species Myotis fortidens, M. lucifugus, and M. occultus. Journal of Mammalogy, 48: 429 - 444.
  • Parkinson, A. 1979. Morphologic variation and hybridization in Myotis yumanensis sociabilis and Myotis lucifugus carissima. Journal of Mammalogy, 60: 489 - 504.
  • Fenton, M. B., and R. M. R. Barclay. 1980. Myotis lucifugus. Mammalian Species, 142: 1 - 8.