Kock's mouse-eared bat

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Kock's mouse-eared bat
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Myotis
Species:
M. dieteri
Binomial name
Myotis dieteri
Happold, 2005

Kock's mouse-eared bat (Myotis dieteri) is a species of mouse-eared bat found in the Republic of the Congo.

Kock's mouse-eared bat was described as a new species in 2005 by Meredith Happold. The holotype had been collected in a limestone cave by Jean-Paul Adam some time between 19611968. The eponym for the species name dieteri is German mammalogist Dieter Kock. [2]

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References

  1. Happold. M. (2019). "Myotis dieteri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T136678A22038629. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T136678A22038629.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. Happold, Meredith (2005). "A new species of Myotis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from central Africa". Acta Chiropterologica. 7: 9. doi:10.3161/1733-5329(2005)7[9:ANSOMC]2.0.CO;2. ISSN   1733-5329. S2CID   86263806.