Myotis anjouanensis, Dorst, 1960

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Anjouan Myotis

Myotis anjouanensis

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

Taxonomy. Myotis goudoti [sic] anjouanensis Dorst, 1960 ,

“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.

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).

Figures

420. Herman's Myotis (Myotis hermani), 421. Bartels’s Myotis (Myotis bartelii), 422. Weber’s Myotis (Myotis weberi), 423. Orange-fingered Myotis (Myotis rufopictus), 424. Black-and-orange Myotis (Myotis formosus), 425. Geoftroy’s Myotis (Myotis emarginatus), 426. Temminck's. 3 Myotis (Myotis tricolor), 427. Welwitsch’s Myotis (Myotis welwitschii), 428. Reddish-black Myotis (Myotis rufoniger), 429. Scott's Myotis (Myotis scotti), 430. Morris's Myotis (Myotis morrisi), 431. Bocage’ Myotis (Myotis bocagii), 432. Malagasy Myotis (Myotis goudotii), 433. Anjouan Myotis (Myotis anjouanensis), 434. Kock’s Myotis (Myotis dieteri), 435. Alcathoe Whiskered Myotis (Myotis alcathoe), 436. Hyrcanian Myotis (Myotis hyrcanicus), 437. Pond Myotis (Myotis dasycneme), 438. Ikonnikov’ ' s Myotis (Myotis tkonnikovi), 439. Sichuan Myous (Myotis altarium), 440. Common Whiskered Myotis (Myotis mystacinus), 441. David’s Myotis (Myotis davidii), 442. Valley Myotis (Myotis ancricola), 443. Anna Tess’s Myotis (Myotis annatessae), 444. Gomantong Myotis (Myotis gomantongensis), 445. Peters’s Myotis (Myotis ater), 446. Nepalese Whiskered Myotis (Myotis muricola), 447. Brown’s Whiskered Myotis (Myotis browni), 448. Insular Myotis (Myotis insularum)

Distribution. Restricted to Anjouan I in the Comoros .