Yellowish myotis

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Yellowish myotis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Myotis
Species:
M. levis
Binomial name
Myotis levis
Geoffroy, 1806
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Yellowish myotis range in red

The yellowish myotis (Myotis levis), is a vesper bat species from South America. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. [2]

Dinelli's myotis (M. dinellii) was formerly considered a subspecies of M. levis, but was split as a distinct species by a 2013 study, which found significant genetic and morphological differences between both taxa. [3]

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References

  1. Barquez, R.; Diaz, M. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Myotis levis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T14174A115121699. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  2. Stevens, Richard (January 2010). "Myotis levis (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire) Indeed Occurs in Paraguay". Neotropical Mastozoology. 17 via Research Gate.
  3. Miranda, João M. D.; Bernardi, Itiberê P.; Sponchiado, Jonas; Passos, Fernando C. (October 2013). "The taxonomic status of Myotis levis levis and Myotis levis dinellii (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)". Zoologia (Curitiba). 30: 513–518. doi: 10.1590/S1984-46702013000500007 . ISSN   1984-4670.