Myotis nigricans

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Vespertilionoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Cladus: Scrotifera
Ordo: Chiroptera
Subordo: Yangochiroptera
Superfamilia: Vespertilionoidea

Familia: Vespertilionidae
Subfamilia: Myotinae
Genus: Myotis
Species: Myotis nigricans
Subspecies (4): M. n. carteri – M. n. extremus – M. n. nigricans – M. n. osculatii

Name

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Myotis nigricans (Schinz, 1821)

  • Neotype: LACM 36877, adult ♀, skin and skull, collected by A.L. Peracchi on 14 October 1968.
  • Type locality: “Ostküste von Brasilien”, redesignated by neotype designation to “42 km S Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, elevation 33 m” by LaVal (1973: 9).

Combinations

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  • Vespertilio nigricans Schinz, 1821: 179 [original combination]
  • Myotis nigricans: Miller, 1897: 74 [subsequent combination]

Native distribution areas

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  • Nayarit and Tamaulipas (Mexico) to Peru, Bolivia, North Argentina, Paraguay, and South Brazil
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • St. Martin, Montserrat, Grenada (Lesser Antilles)

References

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Primary references

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  • Schinz, H.R. 1821. Das Thierreich eingetheilt nach dem Bau der Thiere als Grundlage ihrer Naturgeschichte und der vergleichenden Anatomie von dem Herrn Ritter von Cuvier. Erster Band. Säugethiere und Vögel. J.G. Cotta’schen Buchhandlung: Stuttgart und Tübingen. xxxviii + 894 pp. BHL Reference page
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Vernacular names

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English: Black Myotis