Myotis anjouanensis, Dorst, 1960

Don E. Wilson & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2019, Vespertilionidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 9 Bats, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 716-981 : 953-954

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6397752

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6403751

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scientific name

Myotis anjouanensis
status

 

433. View Plate 72: Vespertilionidae

Anjouan Myotis

Myotis anjouanensis View in CoL

French: Murin d'Anjouan / German: Anjouan-Mausohr / Spanish: Ratonero de Anjouan

Taxonomy. Myotis goudoti View in CoL [sic] anjouanensis Dorst, 1960 View in CoL ,

“Anjouan [Island],” CoMoros.

Subgenus Chrysopteron. Myotis anjouanensis has been considered a race or a synonym of M. goudotii . Monotypic.

Distribution. Restricted to Anjouan I in the Comoros. View Figure

Descriptive notes. Head-body c. 48 mm, tail 45 mm, ear 16 mm, hindfoot 7 mm, forearm 43 mm; weight 6- 6 g (all measurements from single female). Similar to the Malagasy Myotis ( M. goudotii ) but larger with dark reddish brown dorsal pelage.

Habitat. Heavily disturbed forest and agricultural plots surrounded the area where a single individual was captured in November 2006.

Food and Feeding. No information.

Breeding. The single individual captured was an adult female that was lactating and had a single placentalscar.

Activity patterns. No information.

Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.

Status and Conservation. Classified as Data Deficient on The IUCN Red List. It is not known if the species is present in any protected areas. Further studies are needed into the natural history and possible threats to this little-known species.

Bibliography. Csorba, Chou Cheng-Han etal. (2014), Dorst (1960), Goodman, Weyeneth et al. (2010), Koopman (1993), Peterson et al. (1995), Simmons (2005).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Chiroptera

Family

Vespertilionidae

Genus

Myotis

Loc

Myotis anjouanensis

Don E. Wilson & Russell A. Mittermeier 2019
2019
Loc

[sic] anjouanensis

Dorst 1960
1960
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