Myotis ruber (E. Geoffroy 1806)

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 : 516

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scientific name	Myotis ruber (E. Geoffroy 1806)
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[Vespertilio] ruber E. Geoffroy 1806 , Ann. Mus. Natn. Hist. Nat. Paris, 8: 204.

Type Locality: Paraguay, Neembucu, Sapucay (neotype locality).

Vernacular Names: Red Myotis.

Synonyms: Myotis cinnamomeus Wagner 1855 ; Myotis kinnamon Gervais 1856 .

Distribution: SE Brazil, SE Paraguay, NE Argentina.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Vulnerable.

Discussion: Does not include levis ; revised by LaVal (1973 a), who with Miller and Allen (1928) discussed the type. Reviewed in part by López-González et al. (2001). Apparently closely related to riparius ; see Ruedi and Mayer (2001).