Myotis ikonnikovi Ognev 1912

• Main Authors: Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Lynx Edicions 2019
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Mammalia; Chiroptera; Vespertilionidae; Myotis; Myotis ikonnikovi; Sakhalin
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6577304; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/4C3D87E8FF3A6A85FA8492171909B6A6

438. Ikonnikov’'s Myotis Myotis ikonnikovi French: Murin d'lkonnikov / German: Kurzohr-Bartfledermaus / Spanish: Ratonero de lkonnikov Other common names: lkonnikov's Bat, lkonnikov's Whiskered Bat Taxonomy. Myotis tkonnikovi Ognev, 1912, Euseevka, Dalnerechen District, Primorsky Krai (= Ussuri Region), Russia. Subgenus Myotis; mystacinus species group (4 species), which may besister to muricola species group. This species appears to be sister to M. altarium. Previously treated as a race of M. muricola, but split on genetic and morphological grounds. Monotypic. Distribution. NE Kazakhstan, SC & SE Russia (including Sakhalin I), N Mongolia, NE Cin a (Nei Mongol, TE Jilin, and Liaoning), Korean Peninsula (including Jeju I), much ofJapan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Okushiri, and Rishirito Is), and S Kuril Is (Kunashir) Descriptive notes. Head-body 36-55 mm, tail 29-41 mm, ear 8-15 mm, hindfoot 6-9- 5 mm, forearm 30-36 mm. Dorsal pelage of Ikonnikov’s Myotis is uniformly dark brown; ventral pelage slightly paler with slightly darker patch on each side of chest. Bare portions of ears, face, and membranes are dark grayish brown. Ears are relatively long and rather slender with narrowly rounded tip, shallow concavity on posterior borderjust below tip, outward-turned anterior border in middle, and are lightly furred on the inner surface; tragus is just over half ear-height and is slightly concave or straight on anterior margin and convex on posterior margin with pointed tip. Wings are attached to base of outer toe, and uropatagium lacks fringe of hairs on posterior border; calcar is keeled. Skull is small and has pointed rostrum; braincase is broad and low with abruptly rising forehead; interorbital breadth is greater than distance between canines. P? is slightly smaller than P? and is within tooth row, and not leaning inward, P,is small and within tooth row. Chromosomal complement has 2n = 44 and FNa = 52. Habitat. Ikonnikov’s Myotis is mainly found in mountain forests at elevations of 600— 1000 m, although it has been ...