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Myotis nigricans  (Schinz, 1821)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 632039

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Black Myotis [English]
 
    Common Black Myotis [English]
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderChiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 – morcego, quiróptero, bats  
                                  SuborderYangochiroptera Koopman, 1984  
                                     SuperfamilyVespertilionoidea Gray, 1821  
                                        FamilyVespertilionidae Gray, 1821 – vesper bats, vespertilionid bats, evening bats  
                                           SubfamilyMyotinae Tate, 1942 – myotis bats  
                                              GenusMyotis Kaup, 1829 – mouse-eared bats  
                                                 SubgenusMyotis (Pizonyx) Miller, 1906  
                                                    SpeciesMyotis nigricans (Schinz, 1821) – Black Myotis, Common Black Myotis  
    Direct Children:  
                                                       SubspeciesMyotis nigricans carteri LaVal, 1973  
                                                       SubspeciesMyotis nigricans extremus Miller and G. M. Allen, 1928  
                                                       SubspeciesMyotis nigricans nigricans (Schinz, 1821)  
                                                       SubspeciesMyotis nigricans osculatii (Cornalia, 1849)  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Don E. Wilson   
  Notes: Smithsonian Institution, MRC 108 Washington DC 20560-0108   
  Reference for: Myotis nigricans    
       
  Other Source(s):    
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Moratelli, Ricardo, Adriano L. Peracchi, Daniela Dias, João A. de Oliveira   
  Publication Date: 2011   
  Article/Chapter Title: Geographic variation in South American populations of Myotis nigricans (Schinz, 1821) (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae), with the description of two new species   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammalian Biology, vol. 76, no. 5   
  Page(s): 592-607   
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  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 1616-5047   
  Notes: doi:10.1016/j.mambio.2011.01.003; available online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1616504711000048   
  Reference for: Myotis nigricans, Black Myotis [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Moratelli, Ricardo, Don E. Wilson, Roberto L. M. Novaes, Kristofer M. Helgen, and Eliécer E. Gutiérr   
  Publication Date: 2017   
  Article/Chapter Title: Caribbean Myotis (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae), with description of a new species from Trinidad and Tobago   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Journal of Mammalogy, vol. 98, no. 4   
  Page(s): 994-1008   
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  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 0022-2372   
  Notes: doi: 10.1093/jmammal/gyx062   
  Reference for: Myotis nigricans   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Simmons, Nancy B. / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.   
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title: Order Chiroptera   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 312-529   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Myotis nigricans, Black Myotis [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, D. E., and R. A. Mittermeier, eds.   
  Publication Date: 2019   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Handbook of the Mammals of the World. 9. Bats   
  Page(s): 1008   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona, Spain   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-84-16728190   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Myotis nigricans, Common Black Myotis [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.   
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Myotis nigricans   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole   
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Common Names of Mammals of the World   
  Page(s): xiv + 204   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-383-3   
  Notes: With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer   
  Reference for: Myotis nigricans, Black Myotis [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: South America  
    Caribbean  
    Middle America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Mexico, Native  
 

 

   

 Comments
       
  Comment: Status: IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) - Lower Risk (lc)  
    Comments: Includes carteri; see Corbet and Hill (1980), but see Bogan (1978). Neotype designated by LaVal (1973a). 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  
 

 

   


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