Myotis

See also: myotis

Translingual

Myotis myotis

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek stem of μυός (muós, “mouse”) + ὠτ- (ōt-), stem of οὖς (oûs, “ear”).

Proper noun

Myotis m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Vespertilionidae – the mouse-eared bats.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - supercohort; Eutheria - infraclass; Epitheria - magnorder; Laurasiatheria - superorder; Chiroptera - order; Microchiroptera - suborder; Vespertilionoidea - superfamily; Vespertilionidae - family; Myotinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Myotis myotis (= Vespertilio myotis (greater mouse-eared bat)) (type species)
  • Myotis abei, Myotis adversus, Myotis aelleni, Myotis albescens, Myotis alcathoe, Myotis altarium, Myotis anjouanensis, Myotis annamiticus, Myotis annectans, Myotis atacamensis, Myotis ater, Myotis auriculus, Myotis australis, Myotis austroriparius, Myotis badius, Myotis bechsteinii, Myotis blythii, Myotis bocagii, Myotis bombinus, Myotis brandtii (Brandt's bat), Myotis bucharensis, Myotis californicus, Myotis capaccinii, Myotis chiloensis, Myotis chinensis, Myotis ciliolabrum, Myotis cobanensis, Myotis csorbai, Myotis dasycneme, Myotis daubentonii (Daubenton's bat), Myotis davidii, Myotis diminutus, Myotis dominicensis, Myotis elegans, Myotis emarginatus (Geoffroy's bat), Myotis evotis, Myotis fimbriatus, Myotis findleyi, Myotis flavus, Myotis formosus (Hodgson's bat), Myotis fortidens, Myotis frater, Myotis gomantongensis, Myotis goudoti, Myotis grisescens, Myotis hajastanicus, Myotis hasseltii, Myotis hermani, Myotis horsfieldii, Myotis hosonoi, Myotis ikonnikovi (Ikonnikov's bat), Myotis insularum, Myotis izecksohni, Myotis keaysi, Myotis keenii, Myotis laniger, Myotis lavali, Myotis leibii (eastern small-footed bat), Myotis levis, Myotis longipes, Myotis lucifugus (little brown bat), Myotis macrodactylus, Myotis macropus, Myotis macrotarsus, Myotis martiniquensis, Myotis melanorhinus, Myotis moluccarum, Myotis montivagus, Myotis morrisi, Myotis muricola, Myotis mystacinus (whiskered bat), Myotis nattereri, Myotis nesopolus, Myotis nigricans, Myotis nipalensis, Myotis occultus, Myotis oreias, Myotis oxygnathus, Myotis oxyotus, Myotis ozensis, Myotis peninsularis, Myotis pequinius, Myotis phanluongi, Myotis planiceps, Myotis pruinosus, Myotis punicus, Myotis ricketti, Myotis ridleyi, Myotis riparius, Myotis rosseti, Myotis ruber, Myotis schaubi, Myotis scotti, Myotis septentrionalis (northern long-eared myotis), Myotis sicarius, Myotis siligorensis, Myotis simus, Myotis sodalis (Indiana bat), Myotis stalkeri, Myotis thysanodes, Myotis tricolor, Myotis velifer, Myotis vivesi, Myotis volans, Myotis welwitschii, Myotis yanbarensis, Myotis yesoensis, Myotis yumanensis (other species)
  • †Myotis darelbeidensis, †Myotis korotkevichae (extinct species)

Derived terms

• Perimyotis

References

• Mouse-eared bat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Myotis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Myotis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Myotis at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Myotis in Mammal Species of the World^[1] at Bucknell.
• Myotis at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Myotis at Paleobiology Database