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Species Myotis macropus (Gould, 1855)

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Species Myotis macropus (Gould, 1855)

Large-footed Myotis, Southern Myotis

  • Vespertilio macropus Gould, J. 1855. The Mammals of Australia. London : J. Gould Part 7 [1 unnumbered page of text, 13th pl of Pt 7] [= Vol. 3 pl. 47].
    Type data:
     Syntype(s) BMNH 53.10.22.32 skin (wet) & skull included, South Australia.
  • Vespertilio australis Dobson, G.E. 1878. Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum xlii 567 pp. 30 pls [317] [Tate, G.H.H. 1941. Results of the Archbold expeditions. No. 39 A review of the genus Myotis (Chiroptera) of Eurasia, with special reference to species occurring in the East Indies. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 78: 537–565 [541, 546] and Koopman, K.F. 1984. Taxonomic and distributional notes on tropical Australian bats. American Museum Novitates 2778: 1–48 [11] include V. australis in the subgenus Selysius but its status there is uncertain, see Hill, J.E. 1983. Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from Indo-Australia. Bulletin of the British Museum Natural History Zool. 45: 103–208 [155–157], Koopman, op. cit. (11–12)].
    Type data:
     Holotype RMNH 19631 skin & skull, 'Australie, Sydney', NSW.
    Type locality references:
    Jentink, F.A. 1888. Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle des Pays-Bas. Catalogue systématique des mammifères (rongeurs, insectivores, cheiroptères, édentés et marsupiaux). Leide : E.J. Brill Vol. 12 280 pp. [191].
    Compiled from secondary source:
     Tate, G.H.H. 1941. Results of the Archbold expeditions. No. 39 A review of the genus Myotis (Chiroptera) of Eurasia, with special reference to species occurring in the East Indies. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 78: 537-565; Koopman, K.F. 1984. Taxonomic and distributional notes on tropical Australian bats. American Museum Novitates 2778: 1-48; Hill, J.E. 1983. Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from Indo-Australia. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zool. 45: 103-208.
  • Leuconoe moluccarum Thomas, O. 1915. Two new species of Leuconoe. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 15: 170-172 [170] [recorded from Australia by Thomas, op. cit. p. 171].
    Type data:
     Holotype BMNH 10.3.1.29 ♂ skin & skull, Ara, Kai (as Kei) Kepulauan, Indonesia.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

  • Cooper, S.J.B., Day, P.R., Reardon, T. & Schulz, M. 2000. Assessment of species boundaries in Australian Myotis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) using mitochondrial DNA. Journal of Mammalogy 82: 328-338

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

  • Myotis (Selysius) australis (Dobson, 1878): Mahoney, J.A. in Walton, D.W. (ed.) 1988. Zoological Catalogue of Australia Volume 5. Mammalia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service x 274 pp. [Date published 13/Apr/1988] [138]
  • Myotis (Leuconoe) adversus (Horsfield, 1824): Mahoney, J.A. in Walton, D.W. (ed.) 1988. Zoological Catalogue of Australia Volume 5. Mammalia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service x 274 pp. [Date published 13/Apr/1988] [137]

 

Distribution

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Australian Capital Territory
    • New South Wales: SE coastal
    • Queensland: NE coastal
    • South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
    • Victoria: SE coastal

General References

Cooper, S.J.B., Day, P.R., Reardon, T. & Schulz, M. 2000. Assessment of species boundaries in Australian Myotis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) using mitochondrial DNA. Journal of Mammalogy 82: 328-338

Dwyer, P.D. 1970. Foraging behaviour of the Australian large-footed Myotis (Chiroptera). Mammalia 34: 76-80

Dwyer, P.D. 1970. Social organization in the bat Myotis adversus. Science (Washington, D.C.) 168: 1006-1008

 

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study (Southern Myotis)

Clayton, M., Wombey, J.C., Mason, I.J., Chesser, R.T. & Wells, A. 2006. CSIRO List of Australian Vertebrates: A Reference with Conservation Status. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing iv 162 pp. [111] (Large-footed Myotis)