Southern myotis

For the Australian myotis, see Myotis macropus.

Southern myotis
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Vespertilionidae
Genus:	Myotis
Species:	M. aelleni
Binomial name
Myotis aelleni Baud, 1979

The southern myotis (Myotis aelleni) is a species of vesper bat. It is found in Argentina.

Based on qualitative and quantitative analyses of type specimens, Novaes, Wilson, Ruedi and Moratelli treat this taxon as a junior synonym of Myotis chiloensis.[2]

References

1. Barquez, R.; Diaz, M. (2016). "Myotis aelleni". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T14139A115121458. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T14139A22049723.en.
2. Roberto Leonan M. Novaes; Don E. Wilson; Manuel Ruedi; Ricardo Moratelli (17 July 2018). "The taxonomic status of Myotis aelleni Baud, 1979 (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae)". Zootaxa. 4446 (2): 257–264. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.4446.2.5. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 30313889. Wikidata Q55623031.