Myotis longicaudatus Ognev, 1927

Jo, Yeong-Seok, Baccus, John T. & Koprowski, John L., 2018, Mammals of Korea: a review of their taxonomy, distribution and conservation status, Zootaxa 4522 (1), pp. 1-216 : 44-46

Myotis longicaudatus Ognev, 1927 —Long-tailed Myotis

Myotis longicaudatus Ognev, 1927 p.145 ; Type locality- Vladivostok, Russia; Kuroda, 1938 p.97; Won, 1958 p.455; Won, 1967 p.316.

M. frater: Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 p.142 ; Won, 1968 p.97; Corbet, 1978 p.49; Han, 1994 p.45; Won & Smith, 1999 p.13; Son, 2001 p.102; Yoon, 2010 p.28.

M. frater longicaudatus: Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 p.143 ; Won, 1968 p.98; Yoon, 2010 p.29.

M. frater frater: Yoon, 1992 p.37 .

Range: The distribution of M. longicaudatus ranges throughout the Korean Peninsula ( Son 2001; Fig. 27 ). This species ranges from central Siberia (Altai and Yenisei River) through northeastern China and the Korean Peninsula, Russian Far East to Honshu and Hokkaido, Japan ( Tsytsulina & Strelkov 2001).

Remarks: Myotis longicaudatus applied to populations of this bat in Korea, Ussuri region and Altai Mountains of Russia, but longicaudatus has been relegated as a subspecies of M. frater ( Yoon 2010) . However, recent molecular phylogenetic data identified M. longicaudatus as a distinct species from M. frater ( Ruedi et al. 2015) and including two subspecies (kaguyae Imaizumi, 1956 and eniseensis Tsytsulina and Strelkov, 2001).

Conservation status: The Red Data Book of North Korea lists M. longicaudatus as ‘Rare’ (MAB National Committee of DPR Korea 2002).

Figures

FIGURE 27. Range map of Myotis longicaudatus in Korea.