Myotis adversus (Horsfield 1824)

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 : 500

Myotis adversus (Horsfield 1824)

[Vespertilio] adversus Horsfield 1824 , Zool. Res. Java, part 8: 3 (unno.) of Vespertilio Temminckii acct.

Type Locality: Indonesia, Java.

Vernacular Names: Large-footed Myotis.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Myotis adversus subsp. adversus Horsfield 1824

Subspecies Myotis adversus subsp. carimatae Miller 1906

Subspecies Myotis adversus subsp. orientis Hill 1983

Subspecies Myotis adversus subsp. taiwanensis Ärnbäck-Christie Linde 1908

Subspecies Myotis adversus subsp. tanimbarensis Kitchener 1995

Subspecies Myotis adversus subsp. wetarensis Kitchener 1995

Distribution: Numerous islands in Indonesia (see Kitchener et al., 1995 b); New South Wales; Taiwan; possibly Vietnam and peninsular Malaysia.

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

Discussion: Includes taiwanensis; see Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951); but see also Findley (1972). Includes carimatae; see Hill (1983). Does not include macropus , moluccarum , or solomonis ; see Kitchener et al. (1995 b), who revised this complex, but also see Churchill (1998). Vietnamese records are dubious; see Bates et al. (1999). Subspecies affinities of a specimen from New South Wales are unclear; see Kitchener et al. (1995 b).