A new species of Myotis (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) from Bolivia

Ricardo Moratelli; Don E. Wilson

doi:10.1644/14-MAMM-149

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Ricardo Moratelli,^1,2,* Don E. Wilson²

¹Campus Fiocruz da Mata Atlântica, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, CEP 22713-375, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil (
²Division of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, Wa

^*Correspondent: rmoratelli@fiocruz.br

Abstract

We describe Myotis midastactus sp. nov. from the Bolivian savanna on the basis of differences in fur color, and cranial and external features that unquestionably distinguish it from all other Neotropical Myotis. This new species is morphologically allied to M. simus Thomas, 1901 and other species in the M. ruber group. Myotis midastactus is endemic to Bolivia, where it occurs with 6 congeners—albescens, dinellii, keaysi, nigricans, riparius, and oxyotus. Previously identified as M. simus, M. midastactus is in syntopy with M. nigricans and M. riparius in the department of Santa Cruz, and there is no evidence that true M. simus occurs in Bolivia.

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Ricardo Moratelli and Don E. Wilson "A new species of Myotis (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) from Bolivia," Journal of Mammalogy 95(4), (1 July 2014). https://doi.org/10.1644/14-MAMM-149

Received: 16 May 2013; Accepted: 2 June 2014; Published: 1 July 2014

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