Myotis albescens ( Etienne Geoffroy St.-Hilaire, 1806)

Moratelli, Ricardo, Dewynter, Mael, Delaval, Marguerite, Catzeflis, Francois & Ruedi, Manuel, 2015, First record of Myotisalbescens (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) in French Guiana, Biodiversity Data Journal 3, pp. 5314-5314 : 5314

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.3.e5314

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scientific name

Myotis albescens ( Etienne Geoffroy St.-Hilaire, 1806)
status

 

Myotis albescens ( Etienne Geoffroy St.-Hilaire, 1806)

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: MHNG 1990.017 ; occurrenceRemarks: caught by hand, inside a hollow log; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; preparations: Ethanol 70o GL; disposition: in collection; Taxon: scientificName: Myotisalbescens; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Mammalia; order: Chiroptera; family: Vespertilionidae; genus: Myotis; specificEpithet: albescens; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: ( É. Geoffroy-St.-Hilaire, 1806); vernacularName: Silver-tipped myotis; nomenclaturalCode: ICZN; taxonomicStatus: accepted; Location: higherGeography: French Guiana; Montsinery; Rivière des Cascades; continent: South America; country: French Guiana; stateProvince: Cayenne; municipality: Montsinery; locality: Cayenne, 27 km SW ; verbatimElevation: 42 m; verbatimCoordinates: 04°45'01"N 52°29'08"W; verbatimLatitude: 04°45'01"N; verbatimLongitude: 52°29'08"W; verbatimCoordinateSystem: degrees decimal minutes; Event: eventDate: 2011-07-31 GoogleMaps

Diagnosis

Presence of a fringe of hairs along the trailing edge of uropatagium, long and silky pelage with frosted appearance on the dorsum, ears 9-14 mm in length, broad interorbital and postorbital constrictions, and globular braincase.

Distribution

Southern Veracruz, Mexico, southward through Central America to Uruguay and Argentina.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Chiroptera

Family

Vespertilionidae

Genus

Myotis