Myotis bocagii Peters 1870

Myotis bocagii Peters 1870, J. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat. Lisboa, ser. 1, 3: 125.

Type Locality: Angola, Duque de Braganca.

Vernacular Names: Rufous Myotis.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Myotis bocagii subsp. bocagii Peters 1870

Subspecies Myotis bocagii subsp. cupreolus Thomas 1904

Subspecies Myotis bocagii subsp. dogalensis Monticelli 1887

Distribution: Senegal and Liberia to S Yemen, south to Angola, Zambia, Malawi, and NE South Africa.

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

Discussion: Includes dogalensis; see Corbet (1978 c). Reviewed in part by Harrison and Bates (1991). Misspelled bocagei by some authors, see Bogdanowicz and Kock (1998).