Myotis oxyotus Peters 1867

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 : 514

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scientific name	Myotis oxyotus Peters 1867
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Myotis oxyotus Peters 1867 , Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1867: 19.

Type Locality: Ecuador, Mount Chimborazo, between 2,743 and 3,048 m.

Vernacular Names: Montane Myotis.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Myotis oxyotus subsp. oxyotus Peters 1867

Subspecies Myotis oxyotus subsp. gardneri LaVal 1973

Distribution: Venezuela to Bolivia; Panama; Costa Rica.

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

Discussion: Revised by LaVal (1973 a). Subspecies allocation of populations from coastal Peru is uncertain. Apparently closely related to nigricans and levis ; see Ruedi and Mayer (2001).