Myotis myotis myotis Borkhausen 1797

• Main Authors: Jackson, Stephen M., Jansen, Justin J. F. J., Baglione, Gabrielle, Callou, Cécile
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• Published: Zenodo 2021
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Mammalia; Chiroptera; Vespertilionidae; Myotis; Myotis myotis; Vespertilio murinus
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5143387; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A01B3B5C35FFF36213FB3BFA80FABE

Myotis myotis Borkhausen, 1797 (Figs 53-55; 167) Myotis myotis Borkhausen, 1797: 80. COMMON NAME. — Greater Myotis. CURRENT NAME. — Myotis myotis Borkhausen, 1797. See Simmons (2005: 512) and Moratelli & Burgin (2019: 977). COLLECTOR/S. — Charles-Alexandre Lesueur. COLLECTION LOCALITY. — Europe. COLLECTION DATE. — No data. SPECIMEN NUMBER/ S. — Referred to below. MNHN-ZM-MO-1983-1482 (Fig. 53), non-type male, preserved in alcohol; MNHN-ZM-MO-1983-1483 (Fig. 54), non-type female, preserved in alcohol; and MNHN-ZM-AC-A6887 (Fig. 55), non-type skull. OTHER NUMBERS/S. — CAG I-582. ILLUSTRATIONS. — Illustrated by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur – Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Inv. no. 80042 (Fig. 167; centre, living animals). Illustration is unnamed by Baglione & Crémière (2016: 358-359) but may be this species. The bat to the right in Figure 167 may represent either Myotis myotis or Myotis dasycneme (Boie 1825) (See Moratelli & Burgin 2019: 955). COMMENTS. — Skull MNHN-ZM-AC-A6887 appears to be this species as judged from Fig. 56 (H. Parnaby pers. comm.). The associated label refers to Vespertilio murinus Schreber, 1774: 165, a synonym of M. myotis (see Ellerman & Morrison-Scott 1966). Information related to specimen MNHN-ZM-AC-A6887 notes that “Voyage aux terres australes de Péron et Lesueur, mais peut-être d’Europe” (inscription in Catalogue des anciennes galeries – Anatomie comparée). The label of this specimen states “ Vespertilio murinus (schreb) des Terres Australes par Péron”. It is therefore probable that the specimen could be a Myotis and not from Australia. Published as part of Jackson, Stephen M., Jansen, Justin J. F. J., Baglione, Gabrielle & Callou, Cécile, 2021, Mammals collected and illustrated by the Baudin Expedition to Australia and Timor (1800 - 1804): A review of the current taxonomy of specimens in the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle de Paris and the illustrations in the Muséum d'Histoire naturelle du Havre, pp. 387-548 in Zoosystema 43 (21) on page 432, ...