Myotis lucifugus Le Conte 1831

• Main Authors: Wilson, Don E., Reeder, DeeAnn
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: The Johns Hopkins University Press 2005
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Mammalia; Chiroptera; Vespertilionidae; Myotis; Myotis lucifugus; Newfoundland; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11328249; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/8163BF7754D5A0E78792BCBE59246162

Myotis lucifugus Le Conte 1831 Myotis lucifugus Le Conte 1831, in: McMurtie, Animal Kingdom, Vol. 1, (App.): 431. Type Locality: USA, Georgia, possibly Liberty Co., LeConte Plantation near Riceboro (but see Davis and Rippy, 1968). Vernacular Names: Little Brown Myotis. Subspecies:: Subspecies Myotis lucifugus subsp. lucifugus Le Conte 1831 Subspecies Myotis lucifugus subsp. alascensis Miller 1897 Subspecies Myotis lucifugus subsp. carissima Thomas 1904 Subspecies Myotis lucifugus subsp. pernox Hollister 1911 Subspecies Myotis lucifugus subsp. relictus Harris 1974 Distribution: Alaska (USA) to Labrador and Newfoundland (Canada), south to S California, N Arizona, N New Mexico (USA). Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: Does not include occultus , see Piaggio et al. (2002). Hybridizes with yumanensis in some areas; see Parkinson (1979), but see Herd and Fenton (1983). See Fenton and Barclay (1980). Apparently closely related to thysanodes see Ruedi and Mayer (2001). Status of the type and type locality was discussed by Davis and Rippy (1968). Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Vespertilionidae, pp. 451-529 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 510, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519