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• Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
  • Kingdom: Animalia () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
    • Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
      • Branch: Deuterostomia () - Grobben, 1908
        • Infrakingdom: Chordonia () - (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
          • Phylum: Chordata () - Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
            • Subphylum: Vertebrata () - Cuvier, 1812
              • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata () - auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
                • Superclass: Tetrapoda () - Goodrich, 1930
                  • Class: Mammalia () - C. Linnaeus, 1758
                    • Subclass: Theriiformes () - (Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
                      • Infraclass: Holotheria () - (Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
                        • Superlegion: Trechnotheria () - McKenna, 1975
                          • Legion: Cladotheria () - McKenna, 1975
                            • Sublegion: Zatheria () - McKenna, 1975
                              • Infralegion: Tribosphenida () - (McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
                                • Supercohort: Theria () - (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
                                  • Cohort: Placentalia () - (Owen, 1837) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
                                    • Magnorder: Epitheria () - (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
                                      • Superorder: Preptotheria () - (McKenna, 1975) McKenna, in Stucky & McKenna, in Benton, ed., 1993
                                        • Grandorder: Archonta () - (Gregory, 1910) McKenna, 1975
                                          • Order: Chiroptera () - Blumenbach, 1779
                                            • Suborder: Microchiroptera () - Dobson, 1875
                                              • Infraorder: Yangochiroptera () - Koopman, 1984
                                                • Superfamily: Vespertilionoidea () - (Gray, 1821) Gill, 1872
                                                  • Family: Vespertilionidae () - Gray, 1821
                                                    • Subfamily: Vespertilioninae ()
                                                      • Tribe: Myotini ()
                                                        • Genus: Myotis () - Kaup, 1829
                                                          • Specific name: ater - (Peters, 1866)
                                                            • Form: ;

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                                                            Members of the genus Myotis

                                                            ZipcodeZoo has pages for 134 species and subspecies in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

                                                            M. abei (Sakhalin Myotis) · M. adversus (Large-Footed Myotis) · M. aelleni (Southern Myotis) · M. albescens (Silver-Tipped Myotis) · M. alcathoe (ALCATHOE WHISKERED BAT) · M. altarium (South-Western Mouse-Eared Bat) · M. anjouanensis (Anjouan Myotis) · M. annamiticus (Annamit Myotis) · M. annectans (Hairy Faced Bat) · M. atacamensis (Atacaman Myotis) · M. ater (Peters's Myotis) · M. atra (Peters's Myotis) · M. aurascens (Steppe Whiskered Bat) · M. auriculus (Southwestern Myotis) · M. australis (Ustrailian Myotis) · M. austroriparius (Mouse-Eared Bats) · M. austroriparius austroriparius (Southeastern Myotis) · M. bechsteini (Bechstein's Bat) · M. bechsteinii (Bechstein's Myotis) · M. blythii (Lesser Mouse-Eared Myotis) · M. bocagei (Rufous Mouse-Eared Bat) · M. bocagei bocagei (Rufous Mouse-Eared Bat) · M. bocagii (Rufous Mouse-Eared Bat) · M. bombinus (Far Eastern Myotis) · M. brandti (Brandt's Bat) · M. brandtii (Brandt's Myotis) · M. bucharensis (Bokhara Whiskered Bat) · M. californicus (Californian Myotis) · M. californicus californicus (Californis Myotis) · M. capaccinii (Long-Fingered Bat) · M. capaccinii capaccinii (Long-Fingered Bat) · M. chiloensis (Chilean Myotis) · M. chinensis (Large Myotis) · M. ciliolabrum (Western Small-Footed Myotis) · M. ciliolabrum ciliolabrum (Western Small-Footed Myotis) · M. cobanensis (Guatemalan Myotis) · M. csorbai (Csorbas Mouse-Eared Myotis.) · M. dasycneme (Pond Myotis) · M. daubentoni (Daubenton's Bat) · M. daubentonii (Daubenton's Myotis) · M. davidii (David's Myotis) · M. dominicensis (Dominican Myotis) · M. elegans (Elegant Myotis) · M. emarginatus (GEOFFROY'S MYOTIS) · M. emarginatus emarginatus (Geoffroy's Bat) · M. evotis (Long-Eared Myotis) · M. evotis evotis (Long-Eared Myotis) · M. fimbriatus (Fringed Long-Footed Myotis) · M. findleyi (Findley's Myotis) · M. formosus (Hodgson's Myotis) · M. formosus formosus (Hodgson's Bat) · M. fortidens (Cinnamon Myotis) · M. fortidens fortidens (Cinnamon Myotis) · M. frater (Long-Tailed Whiskered Bat) · M. gomantongensis (Gomantong Myotis) · M. goudoti (Malagasy Mouse-Eared Bat) · M. grisescens (Mouse-Eared Bats) · M. hajastanicus (Armenian Myotis) · M. hasseltii (Lesser Large-Footed Myotis) · M. hermani (Herman's Myotis) · M. horsfieldii (Horsfield's Myotis) · M. hosonoi (Hosono's Myotis) · M. ikonnikovi (Ikonnikov's Whiskered Bat) · M. insularum (Insular Myotis) · M. keaysi (Hairy-Legged Myotis) · M. keenii (Northern Long-Eared Bat) · M. laniger (Chinese Water Myotis) · M. leibii (Western Small-Footed Myotis) · M. leibii leibii (Eastern Small-Footed Myotis) · M. lesueuri (Lesueur's Hairy Bat) · M. levis (Yellowish Myotis) · M. levis levis (Yellowish Myotis) · M. longipes (Kashmir Cave Bat) · M. lucifugus (Little Brown Myotis) · M. lucifugus lucifugus (Little Brown Myotis) · M. macrodactylus (Big-Footed Myotis) · M. macropus (Large-Footed Myotis) · M. macrotarsus (Philippine Large-Footed Myotis) · M. martiniquensis (Schwartz's Myotis) · M. melanorhinus (Dark-Nosed Small-Footed Myotis) · M. milleri (Miller's Myotis) · M. moluccarum (Maluku Myotis) · M. montivagus (Burmese Whiskered Myotis) · M. morrisi (Morris's Bat) · M. muricola (Nepalese Whiskered Bat) · M. myotis (Greater Mouse-Eared Bat) · M. mystacinus (WHISKERED MYOTIS) · M. nattereri (Natterer's Bat) · M. nesopolus (Curacao Myotis) · M. nigricans (Black Myotis) · M. nipalensis (Nepal Myotis) · M. occultus (Arizona Myotis) · M. oreias (Singaporese Whiskered Myotis) · M. oxyotus (Montane Myotis) · M. ozensis (Honshu Myotis) · M. peninsularis (Peninsular Myotis) · M. pequinius (Peking Myotis) · M. pilosus (Rickett's Big-Footed Myotis) · M. planiceps (Flat-Headed Myotis) · M. pruinosus (Blackish Whiskered Bat)

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                                                            Further Reading

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                                                            • Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 155, p. 198, p. 312.
                                                            • The mammals of Mt. Kitanglad Nature Park, Mindanao, Philippines / Lawrence R. Heaney. .. [et al.] 112 2006 Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, 2006. url p. 36.

                                                            Notes

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                                                            Contributors

                                                            • Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 30, 2012.
                                                            • IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
                                                            • Wiles, G. 2008. Myotis ater. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 02February2012.

                                                            Data Sources

                                                            Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 11, 2007:
                                                            
                                                            

                                                            • Field Museum, Mammal specimens

                                                            Identifiers

                                                            • Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1
                                                            • Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16270988
                                                            • IUCN ID: 225072
                                                            • Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 841372

                                                            Footnotes

                                                            1. Wiles, G. 2008. Myotis ater. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 02 February 2012. [back]