Myotis nigricans (Schinz 1821)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Vespertilionidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 451-529 : 513

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scientific name	Myotis nigricans (Schinz 1821)
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Myotis nigricans (Schinz 1821) View in CoL

[Vespertilio] nigricans Schinz 1821 View in CoL , Das Thierreich, 1: 179.

Type Locality: Brazil, Espírito Santo, between Itapemirin and Iconha Rivers, Fazenda de Aga.

Vernacular Names: Black Myotis.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Myotis nigricans subsp. nigricans Schinz 1821

Subspecies Myotis nigricans subsp. carteri LaVal 1973

Subspecies Myotis nigricans subsp. extremus Miller and Allen 1928

Subspecies Myotis nigricans subsp. osculatii Cornalia 1849

Distribution: Nayarit and Tamaulipas ( Mexico) to Peru, Bolivia, N Argentina, Paraguay, and S Brazil; Trinidad and Tobago; St. Martin, Montserrat, Grenada (Lesser Antilles).

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Includes carteri; see Corbet and Hill (1980), but see Bogan (1978). Neotype designated by LaVal (1973 a). See Wilson and LaVal (1974). Reviewed in part by López-González et al. (2001). Apparently closely related to levis ; see Ruedi and Mayer (2001). More than one species may be represented in this complex.