Myotis welwitschii Gray 1866

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 : 518

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scientific name	Myotis welwitschii Gray 1866
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Treatment

Myotis welwitschii Gray 1866 , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1866: 211.

Type Locality: NE Angola.

Vernacular Names: Welwitsch's Myotis.

Synonyms: Myotis venustus Matschie 1899 .

Distribution: South Africa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Angola, Zambia, Dem. Rep. Congo, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia.

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

Discussion: Reviewed by Kock (1967) and Ratcliffe (2002). Sometimes misspelled welwitschi but the original spelling is welwitschii . Apparently closely related to emarginatus ; see Ruedi and Mayer (2001).