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Myotis lucifugus
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Myotis lucifugus (Le Conte, 1831). In McMurtie, Animal Kingdom, l(App.):431.
TYPE LOCALITY: USA, Georgia, Liberty Co., near Riceboro.
DISTRIBUTION: Alaska (USA) to Labrador and Newfoundland (Canada), south to Distrito Federal (Mexico).
SYNONYMS: affinis, alascensis, albicinctus, altipetens, baileyi, brevirostris, carissima, carolii, crassus, domesticus, gryphus, lanceolatus, occultus, pernox, relictus, salarii, virginianus.
COMMENTS: Subgenus Leuconoe. Includes occultus; see Findley and Jones (1967). Hybridizes with yumanensis in some areas; see Parkinson (1979), but see Herd and Fenton (1983). See Fenton and Barclay (1980, Mammalian Species, 142).
Notes
Published as part of Karl F. Koopman, 1993, Order Chiroptera, pp. 137-241 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 212, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353060
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- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7353060 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/3F3CFFD1A55CFFADFFDC34768324D72D (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Vespertilionidae
- Genus
- Myotis
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Le Conte
- Species
- lucifugus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Myotis lucifugus (Conte, 1831) sec. Koopman, 1993
References
- Findley, J. S., and C. Jones. 1967. Taxonomic relationships of bats of the species Myotis fortidens, M. lucifugus, and M. occultus. Journal of Mammalogy, 48: 429 - 444.
- Parkinson, A. 1979. Morphologic variation and hybridization in Myotis yumanensis sociabilis and Myotis lucifugus carissima. Journal of Mammalogy, 60: 489 - 504.
- Herd, R. M., and M. B. Fenton. 1983. An electrophoretic, morphological, and ecological investigation of a putative hybrid zone between Myotis lucifugus and Myotis yumanensis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology, 61: 2029 - 2050.
- Fenton, M. B., and R. M. R. Barclay. 1980. Myotis lucifugus. Mammalian Species, 142: 1 - 8.