Myotis keaysi J. A. Allen 1914

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 : 509

Myotis keaysi J. A. Allen 1914

Myotis keaysi J. A. Allen 1914 , Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 33: 383.

Type Locality: Peru, Puno, Inca Mines.

Vernacular Names: Hairy-legged Myotis.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Myotis keaysi subsp. keaysi J. A. Allen 1914

Subspecies Myotis keaysi subsp. pilosotibialis LaVal 1973

Distribution: Tamaulipas ( Mexico) to Bolivia, N Argentina, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, and Trinidad.

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

Discussion: Revised by LaVal (1973 a). Apparently closely related to riparius and ruber ; see Ruedi and Mayer (2001).