Myotis montivagus (Dobson, 1874)

Görföl, Tamás, Estók, Péter & Gábor, Csorba, 2013, The Subspecies Of Myotis Montivagus - Taxonomic Revision And Species Limits (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae), Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 59 (1), pp. 41-59 : 53-54

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scientific name	Myotis montivagus (Dobson, 1874)
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Myotis montivagus (Dobson, 1874) View in CoL

BurmeseWhiskeredMyotis

Vespertilio montivagus DOBSON, 1874: 237 View in CoL

Myotis mystacinus mystacinus View in CoL (part): ALLeN 1938: 215

Myotis montivagus : TATe 1941: 560

Myotis mystacinus montivagus : ELLeRmANN & MORRiSON-ScOTT 1951: 140

Myotis montivagus : FiNDLey 1972: 32

Myotis montivagus montivagus : CORBeT & HiLL 1992: 123

Myotis montivagus montivagus : KOOpmAN 1994: 106

Myotis montivagus montivagus : FRANciS 2008: 232

Materialinvestigated: CHINA (Yunnan) – BM (NH) 76.3.10.5 (holotype); MYANMAR

– BM(NH) 32.11.1.4, 32.11.1.5

Amended diagnosis

Forearm 39.2–41.5 mm, CCL 14.07–14.10 mm ( Table 1). Fur is long and denseonboththeupperpartsandunderparts. Dorsalhairsaredarkbrown overall, withblackishbrownbasesandpalerchocolatebrowntips. Ventrally, hairbasesarethesameblackishbrownbutwithpalertips (HiLL 1962). Ears arenarrow, tapering, withroundedtips. Traguslong, narrow, anditsinner marginstraight (DOBSON 1874).

Braincasedistinctlydomed, frontaldepressionwell- expressed. Thesagit- talandlambdoidcrestsareweaklydeveloped. Theanteorbitalbridgeiswide. Basaldimensionsoftheanteriorupperpremolar (P2) aboutone-thirdthatof P4. Middleupperpremolar (P3) relativelywelldevelopedandalmostinthe toothrow, separatingthefirst (P2) andthirdupperpremolar (P4). Lowermid- dlepremolar (p3) developedandplacedinthetoothrow.

Distribution and ecological notes

Accordingtopublishedrecords, M. montivagus hasthewidestdistribu- tionofitsgroup. TheholotypewascollectedinYunnan, southChina (DOB- SON 1871). The species also occurs in northern Myanmar (BM(NH)) and Laos (FRANciS et al. 1999) where it was found in a hill forest at 1000 m and in an openforestat 500 melevationontheNakaiPlateau. KuzNeTSOv etal. (2001) recordeditfromVuQuang, VietnamandMANDAL etal. (2000) collectedfour specimensat 1500 minMizoram, north-eastIndia.