Myotis nigricans

Myotis nigricans

Taxonavigation

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 Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: 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

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

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

Native distribution areas

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

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Links

• Solari, S. 2019. IUCN: Myotis nigricans  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T14185A22066939. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T14185A22066939.en. Accessed on 26 April 2024.

Vernacular names

English: Black Myotis