Myotis formosus (Hodgson, 1835) . J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 4:700.

TYPE LOCALITY: Nepal .

DISTRIBUTION: Afghanistan to Kweichow, Kwangsi, Kiangsu and Fukien (China); Taiwan; Korea; Tsushima Isl (Japan); Philippines; Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and Bali.

SYNONYMS: andersoni, auratus, bartelsi, chofukusei, flavus, hermani, pallida, rufoniger, rufopictus, tsuensis, watasei, weberi (see Findley, 1972:42).

COMMENTS: Subgenus Myotis .