Myotis keenii ...

• Main Authors: Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Lynx Edicions 2019
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Mammalia; Chiroptera; Vespertilionidae; Myotis; Myotis keenii; Alaska; Lynx
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6402922; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6402922

377. Keen’s Myotis Myotis keenii French: Murin de Keen / German: Keen-Mausohr / Spanish: Ratonero de Keen Taxonomy. Vespertilio subulatus keenii Merriam, 1895, “Massett, Queen Charlotte Islands [= Haida Gwaii], British]. C[olumbia].,” Canada. Subgenus Pyzonix; lucifugus species group. See M. evotis. Genetic analyses suggest that M. keenii and M. evotis represent a single species with a morphometric cline that partially explains variation, but this issue remains unresolved. Monotypic. Distribution. Restricted in coastal Pacific Northwest, from extreme SE Alaska S along British Columbia, including Haida Gwaii and Vancouver I (Canada), to NW Washington (USA). Descriptive notes. Head—-body 40-55 mm, tail 34-44 mm, ear 16-20 mm, hindfoot 8-10 mm, forearm 34- 6-39 mm; weight 4-6 g. Keen’s Myotis is morphologically distinct from its North American congeners, except the Long-eared Myotis (M. evotis) and the Northern Myotis (M. septentrionalis). Fur is long and silky. Dorsal hairs are bicolored, with blackish bases ... : Published as part of Don E. Wilson & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2019, Vespertilionidae, pp. 716-981 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 9 Bats, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 928, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6397752 ...