Yellowish myotis

Yellowish myotis
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Vespertilionidae
Genus:	Myotis
Species:	M. levis
Binomial name
Myotis levis Geoffroy, 1806
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]

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 (5): 513–518. doi: 10.1590/S1984-46702013000500007 . ISSN   1984-4670.