# Mouse-eared bat
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{{Short description|Genus of bats}}
{{For|the species sometimes known as the '''mouse eared bat'''|Greater mouse-eared bat}}
{{redirect-distinguish|Myotis|Mitosis|Myositis}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| name = Mouse-eared bats
| fossil_range = [Early Oligocene](/source/Early_Oligocene) to present, {{fossil range|33|0|ref=[{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=uEWl0ZM6DfUC |page= 69 |title= The Wild Mammals of Missouri |first1= Charles Walsh |last1= Schwartz |first2= Elizabeth Reeder |last2= Schwartz |edition= illustrated |publisher= University of Missouri Press |year= 2001 |isbn= 978-0-8262-1359-4}}]
==Relationships==
''Myotis'' has historically been included in the subfamily [Vespertilioninae](/source/Vespertilioninae), but was classified in its own subfamily, [Myotinae](/source/Myotinae), by [Nancy Simmons](/source/Nancy_Simmons) in 1998. In her 2005 classification in ''[Mammal Species of the World](/source/Mammal_Species_of_the_World)'', Simmons listed the genera ''[Cistugo](/source/Cistugo)'' and ''[Lasionycteris](/source/Lasionycteris)'' in the Myotinae in addition to ''Myotis'' itself.[Simmons, 2005, p. 499] However, molecular data indicate that ''Cistugo'' is distantly related to all other Vespertilionidae, so it was reclassified into its own family, the Cistugidae,[Lack et al., 2010] and that ''Lasionycteris'' belongs in the Vespertilioninae.[Roehrs et al., 2010] The genus ''[Submyotodon](/source/Submyotodon)'' has since been added to the subfamily, making it and ''Myotis'' its only members.[{{cite journal|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3920.2.6|pmid=25781252|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/272830083|title=Molecular phylogeny and morphological revision of Myotis bats (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from Taiwan and adjacent China|journal=Zootaxa|volume=3920|issue=2|pages=301–342|date=2015-02-20|last1=Ruedi|first1=Manuel|last2=Csorba|first2=Gábor|last3=Lin|first3=Liang-Kong|last4=Chou|first4=C-H}}]
==Appearance and behavior==
Their ears are normally longer than they are wide, with a long and lance-shaped [tragus](/source/Tragus_(ear)), hence their English and zoological names. The species within this genus vary in size from very large to very small for [vesper bat](/source/vesper_bat)s, with a single pair of mammary glands.
Mouse-eared bats are generally [insectivore](/source/insectivore)s. ''[M. vivesi](/source/Myotis_vivesi)'', and several members of the trawling bat ecomorph ''Leuconoe'', have relatively large feet with long toes, and take small fish from the water surface (they also take insects).[Levin, E.; A. Barnea; Y. Yovel; and Y. Yom-Tov (2006). Have introduced fish initiated piscivory among the long-fingered bat? Mammalian Biology 71(3): 139–143.]
==Longevity==
''Myotis'' species are remarkably long-lived for their size; in 2018, researchers revealed that a longitudinal study appears to indicate that ''Myotis'' [telomere](/source/telomere)s do not shrink with age, and that [telomerase](/source/telomerase) does not appear to be present in the ''Myotis'' metabolism. 13 species of ''Myotis'' bats live longer than 20 years and 4 species live longer than 30 years.[[https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aao0926 Growing old, yet staying young: The role of telomeres in bats' exceptional longevity], {{doi|10.1126/sciadv.aao0926}}][[https://www.vice.com/en/article/bats-dont-die-old-age-telomeres-longevity/ These Bats Don't Seem to Die of Old Age—Can They Help Extend the Human Lifespan?], by Kate Lunau, at ''[Vice](/source/Vice_(magazine))''; published February 7, 2018; retrieved June 12, 2018] The longest-living species of ''Myotis'', and longest-living bat in general, is thought to be the [Siberian bat](/source/Siberian_bat) (''M. sibiricus''); one individual discovered in 2005 was found to be over 41 years old at the time.[{{Cite journal|last1=Podlutsky|first1=A. J.|last2=Khritankov|first2=A. M.|last3=Ovodov|first3=N. D.|last4=Austad|first4=S. N.|date=2005-11-01|title=A New Field Record for Bat Longevity|journal=The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences|volume=60|issue=11|pages=1366–1368|doi=10.1093/gerona/60.11.1366|pmid=16339320|issn=1079-5006|doi-access=free}}]
==Species==
{{cladogram|align=right
|caption=Relationships among ''Myotis'' species according to molecular data[Stadelmann et al., 2007, fig. 2; Lack et al., 2010, figs. 1, 2]
|clades=
{{clade
|label1='''Myotinae'''
|1={{clade
|1=''[Submyotodon](/source/Submyotodon)''
|label2=''[Myotis](/source/Myotis)''
|2={{clade
|1=Most Old World species
|2={{clade
|1=Most [Nearctic](/source/Nearctic) species
|2={{clade
|1=''[Myotis brandtii](/source/Myotis_brandtii)'' & ''[Myotis sibiricus](/source/Myotis_sibiricus)''
|2=[Neotropical](/source/Neotropical) and some Nearctic species
}}
}}
}}
}}
}}
}}
Traditionally, ''Myotis'' was divided into three large subgenera—''Leuconoe'', ''Myotis'', and ''Selysius''. However, molecular data indicate that these subgenera are not natural groups, but instead unnatural assemblages of [convergently](/source/convergent_evolution) similar species.[Simmons, 2005, p. 500] Instead, ''Myotis'' species largely fall in two main [clade](/source/clade)s, one containing Old World and the other New World species.[ The [ITIS](/source/Integrated_Taxonomic_Information_System) presently divides it into three subgenera: '''''Chrysopteron''''' (containing most reddish-colored Old World species), '''''Myotis''''' (containing almost all other Old World species), and '''''Pizonyx''''' (containing all New World species and the Eurasian ''[Myotis brandtii](/source/Myotis_brandtii)'' and ''[Myotis sibiricus](/source/Siberian_bat)'', which are more closely related to New World species than to other Old World species).][{{Cite web|title=ITIS - Report: Myotis|url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=179987#null|access-date=2022-02-01|website=www.itis.gov}}][Stadelmann et al., 2007, fig. 2] The Asian species ''[Myotis latirostris](/source/Myotis_latirostris)'' falls outside the clade formed by these main groups, and has since been reclassified into a separate genus, ''[Submyotodon](/source/Submyotodon)'', alongside several others.[Lack et al., 2010, p. 984]
The earliest known fossil ''Myotis'' is the extinct, large-sized species †''[Myotis belgicus](/source/Myotis_belgicus)'' Gunnel, Smith & Smith, 2017 from the [Early Oligocene](/source/Early_Oligocene) of Belgium.[{{Cite journal |last1=Gunnell |first1=Gregg F. |last2=Smith |first2=Richard |last3=Smith |first3=Thierry |date=2017-03-08 |title=33 million year old Myotis (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) and the rapid global radiation of modern bats |journal=PLOS ONE |language=en |volume=12 |issue=3 |article-number=e0172621 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0172621 |doi-access=free |issn=1932-6203 |pmc=5342209 |pmid=28273112 |bibcode=2017PLoSO..1272621G }}]
[[File:Myotis emarginatus - Ph. Karol Tabarelli de Fatis.jpg|thumb|[Geoffroy's bat](/source/Geoffroy's_bat)]]
[[File:Black-winged Myotis imported from iNaturalist photo 6268974 on 26 January 2022 (cropped).jpg|thumb|[Black-winged myotis](/source/Reddish-black_myotis)]]
[[File:Vespertilion bechstein.jpg|thumb|[Bechstein's bat](/source/Bechstein's_bat)]]
[[File:Myotis crypticus - Manuel Ruedi.jpg|thumb|[Cryptic myotis](/source/Cryptic_myotis)]]
[[File:Myotis myotis (cropped).jpg|thumb|[Greater mouse-eared bat](/source/Greater_mouse-eared_bat)]]
[[File:Myotis yumanensis (Yuma myotis) (11362476624).jpg|thumb|[Yuma myotis](/source/Yuma_myotis)]]
[[File:Myotis daubentoni.jpg|thumb|[Daubenton's bat](/source/Daubenton's_bat)]]
[[File:Southeastern Myotis profile.JPG|thumb|[Southeastern myotis](/source/Southeastern_myotis)]]
[[File:Myotis brandtii - Manuel Ruedi.JPG|thumb|[Brandt's bat](/source/Brandt's_bat)]]
[[File:Myotis vivesi.jpg|thumb|[Fish-eating bat](/source/Myotis_vivesi)]]
''Myotis'' is a highly species-rich genus, and the classification of many species remains unsettled. The taxonomy below is based on that of the [ITIS](/source/Integrated_Taxonomic_Information_System) in 2021.[{{Citation|last=Mammal Diversity Database|title=Mammal Diversity Database|work=Zenodo |date=2021-08-10|doi=10.5281/zenodo.5175993 |url=https://zenodo.org/record/5175993|access-date=2021-09-11}}] Some differences in taxonomy from the 2005 third edition of ''[Mammal Species of the World](/source/Mammal_Species_of_the_World)''[Simmons, 2005, pp. 500–518] are indicated in footnotes.
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* Subgenus ''[Chrysopteron](/source/Chrysopteron)'':
** ''[Myotis anjouanensis](/source/Myotis_anjouanensis)'' (Dorst, 1960) - Anjouan myotis
** ''[Myotis bartelsii](/source/Myotis_bartelsii)'' (Jentink, 1910) - Bartels's myotis
** ''[Myotis bocagii](/source/Myotis_bocagii)'' (Peters, 1870) - rufous mouse-eared bat
** ''[Myotis dieteri](/source/Myotis_dieteri)'' (Happold, 2005) - Kock's mouse-eared bat
** ''[Myotis emarginatus](/source/Myotis_emarginatus)'' (E. Geoffroy, 1806) - Geoffroy's bat
** ''[Myotis formosus](/source/Myotis_formosus)'' (Hodgson, 1835) - Hodgson's bat, copper-winged bat
** ''[Myotis goudotii](/source/Myotis_goudotii)'' (A. Smith, 1834) - Malagasy mouse-eared bat
** ''[Myotis hermani](/source/Myotis_hermani)'' Thomas, 1923 - Herman's myotis
** ''[Myotis morrisi](/source/Myotis_morrisi)'' Hill, 1971 - Morris's bat
** ''[Myotis nimbaensis](/source/Myotis_nimbaensis)'' (Simmons et al., 2021) - Nimba mountain bat
** ''[Myotis rufoniger](/source/Myotis_rufoniger)'' (Tomes, 1858){{#tag:ref|Split from ''M. formosus'' (Csorba et al., 2014).|group=footnote}} - reddish-black myotis
** ''[Myotis rufopictus](/source/Myotis_rufopictus)'' (Waterhouse, 1845){{#tag:ref|Split from ''M. formosus'' (Csorba et al., 2014).|group=footnote}} - orange-fingered myotis
** ''[Myotis scotti](/source/Myotis_scotti)'' Thomas, 1927 - Scott's mouse-eared bat
** ''[Myotis tricolor](/source/Myotis_tricolor)'' (Temminck, 1832) - Cape hairy bat, little brown bat, Temminck's mouse-eared bat, Cape myotis, tricoloured mouse-eared bat, Cape hairy myotis, Temminck's hairy bat, three-coloured bat
** ''[Myotis weberi](/source/Myotis_weberi)'' (Jentink, 1890){{#tag:ref|Split from ''M. formosus'' (Csorba et al., 2014).|group=footnote}} - Weber's myotis
** ''[Myotis welwitschii](/source/Myotis_welwitschii)'' (Gray, 1866) - Welwitsch's bat, Welwitsch's mouse-eared bat, Welwitsch's myotis
* Subgenus ''Myotis'':
** ''[Myotis adversus](/source/Myotis_adversus)'' (Horsfield, 1824) - large-footed bat, large-footed mouse-eared bat, large-footed myotis
** ''[Myotis aelleni](/source/Myotis_aelleni)'' (Baud, 1979) - southern myotis (disputed species)
** ''[Myotis alcathoe](/source/Myotis_alcathoe)'' (von Helversen and Heller, 2001) - Alcathoe bat
** ''[Myotis altarium](/source/Myotis_altarium)'' (Thomas, 1911) - Szechwan myotis
** ''[Myotis alticraniatus](/source/Myotis_alticraniatus)'' Osgood, 1932 - Indochinese whiskered myotis
** ''[Myotis ancricola](/source/Myotis_ancricola)'' Kruskop, Borisenko, Dudorova, & Artyushin, 2018 - valley myotis
** ''[Myotis annamiticus](/source/Myotis_annamiticus)'' (Kruskop and Tsytsulina, 2001) - Annamit myotis
** ''[Myotis annatessae](/source/Myotis_annatessae)'' Kruskop & Borisenko, 2013 - Anna Tess's myotis
** ''[Myotis annectans](/source/Myotis_annectans)'' (Dobson, 1871) - hairy-faced bat
** ''[Myotis ater](/source/Myotis_ater)'' (Peters, 1866) - Peters's myotis, small black myotis
** ''[Myotis badius](/source/Myotis_badius)'' Tiunov, Kruskop, & Feng Jiang, 2011 - chestnut myotis
** ''[Myotis bechsteinii](/source/Myotis_bechsteinii)'' (Kuhl, 1817) - Bechstein's bat
** ''[Myotis blythii](/source/Myotis_blythii)'' (Tomes, 1857) - lesser mouse-eared bat
** ''[Myotis bombinus](/source/Myotis_bombinus)'' (Thomas, 1906) - Far Eastern myotis, bombinus bat
** ''[Myotis borneoensis](/source/Myotis_borneoensis)'' Hill & Francis, 1984{{#tag:ref|Split from ''M. montivagus'' (Görföl et al., 2013).|group=footnote}} - Bornean whiskered myotis
** ''[Myotis browni](/source/Myotis_browni)'' E. H. Taylor, 1934 - Brown's whiskered myotis
** ''[Myotis bucharensis](/source/Myotis_bucharensis)'' (Kuzyakin, 1950) - Bocharic myotis, Bokhara whiskered bat
** ''[Myotis capaccinii](/source/Myotis_capaccinii)'' (Bonaparte, 1837) - long-fingered bat
** ''[Myotis chinensis](/source/Myotis_chinensis)'' (Tomes, 1857) - large myotis
** ''[Myotis crypticus](/source/Myotis_crypticus)'' Ruedi, Ibáñez, Salicini, Juste & Puechmaille, 2019 - cryptic myotis
** ''[Myotis csorbai](/source/Myotis_csorbai)'' (Topál, 1997) - Csorba's mouse-eared bat
** ''[Myotis dasycneme](/source/Myotis_dasycneme)'' (Boie, 1825) - pond bat
** ''[Myotis daubentonii](/source/Myotis_daubentonii)'' (Kuhl, 1817) - Daubenton's bat
** ''[Myotis davidii](/source/Myotis_davidii)'' (Peters, 1869) - David's myotis
** ''[Myotis escalerai](/source/Myotis_escalerai)'' Cabrera, 1904{{#tag:ref|Split from ''M. nattereri'' (Ibáñez et al., 2006).|group=footnote}} - Escalera's bat
** ''[Myotis federatus](/source/Myotis_federatus)'' Thomas, 1916{{#tag:ref|Split from ''M. montivagus'' (Görföl et al., 2013).|group=footnote}} - Malaysian whiskered myotis
** ''[Myotis fimbriatus](/source/Myotis_fimbriatus)'' (Peters, 1871) - fringed long-footed myotis
** ''[Myotis frater](/source/Myotis_frater)'' G.M. Allen, 1923 - fraternal myotis
** ''[Myotis gomantongensis](/source/Myotis_gomantongensis)'' Francis and Hill, 1998 - Gomantong myotis
** ''[Myotis hajastanicus](/source/Myotis_hajastanicus)'' Argyropulo, 1939 - Armenian whiskered bat, Hajastan myotis, Armenian myotis (disputed species)
** ''[Myotis hasseltii](/source/Myotis_hasseltii)'' (Temminck, 1840) - lesser large-footed bat
** ''[Myotis horsfieldii](/source/Myotis_horsfieldii)'' (Temminck, 1840) - Horsfield's bat
** ''[Myotis hoveli](/source/Myotis_hoveli)'' Harrison, 1964 - Hovel's myotis
** ''[Myotis hyrcanicus](/source/Myotis_hyrcanicus)'' Benda ''et al.'', 2012 - Hyrcanian myotis
** ''[Myotis ikonnikovi](/source/Myotis_ikonnikovi)'' Ognev, 1912 - Ikonnikov's bat
** ''[Myotis indochinensis](/source/Myotis_indochinensis)'' Son ''et al.'', 2013 - Indochinese myotis
** ''[Myotis insularum](/source/Myotis_insularum)'' (Dobson, 1878) - insular myotis
** ''[Myotis laniger](/source/Myotis_laniger)'' Peters, 1871 - Chinese water myotis
** ''[Myotis longicaudatus](/source/Myotis_longicaudatus)'' Ognev, 1927{{#tag:ref|Split from ''M. frater'' (Ruedi et al., 2015).|group=footnote}} - long-tailed myotis
** ''[Myotis longipes](/source/Myotis_longipes)'' (Dobson, 1873) - Kashmir cave bat
** ''[Myotis macrodactylus](/source/Myotis_macrodactylus)'' (Temminck, 1840) - eastern long-fingered bat, big-footed myotis
** ''[Myotis macropus](/source/Myotis_macropus)'' (Gould, 1854) - southern myotis, large-footed myotis
** ''[Myotis macrotarsus](/source/Myotis_macrotarsus)'' (Waterhouse, 1845) - pallid large-footed myotis, Philippine large-footed myotis
** ''[Myotis melanorhinus](/source/Myotis_melanorhinus)'' Merriam, 1890 - dark-nosed small-footed myotis (disputed species)
** ''[Myotis moluccarum](/source/Myotis_moluccarum)'' (Thomas, 1915) - Maluku myotis, Arafura large-footed bat
** ''[Myotis montivagus](/source/Myotis_montivagus)'' (Dobson, 1874) - Burmese whiskered bat
** ''[Myotis muricola](/source/Myotis_muricola)'' (Gray, 1846) - wall-roosting mouse-eared bat, Nepalese whiskered myotis
** ''[Myotis myotis](/source/Myotis_myotis)'' (Borkhausen, 1797) - greater mouse-eared bat
** ''[Myotis mystacinus](/source/Myotis_mystacinus)'' (Kuhl, 1817) - whiskered bat
** ''[Myotis nattereri](/source/Myotis_nattereri)'' (Kuhl, 1817) - Natterer's bat
** ''[Myotis nipalensis](/source/Myotis_nipalensis)'' Dobson, 1871 - Nepal myotis
** ''[Myotis pequinius](/source/Myotis_pequinius)'' Thomas, 1908 - Beijing mouse-eared bat, Peking myotis
** ''[Myotis petax](/source/Myotis_petax)'' Hollister, 1912{{#tag:ref|Split from ''M. daubentonii'' (Matveev et al., 2005). Includes ''M. abei'' (Tsytsulina, 2004, as ''daubentonii'').|group=footnote}} - eastern water bat, Sakhalin bat
** ''[Myotis peytoni](/source/Myotis_peytoni)'' Wroughton & Ryley, 1913{{#tag:ref|Split from ''M. montivagus'' (Görföl et al., 2013).|group=footnote}} - Peyton's myotis
** ''[Myotis phanluongi](/source/Myotis_phanluongi)'' Borisenko, Kruskop and Ivanova, 2008 - Phan Luong's myotis{{#tag:ref|A new species (Borisenko et al., 2008).|group=footnote}}
** ''[Myotis pilosus](/source/Myotis_pilosus)'' Peters, 1869 - Rickett's big-footed bat
** ''[Myotis pruinosus](/source/Myotis_pruinosus)'' Yoshiyuki, 1971 - frosted myotis
** ''[Myotis punicus](/source/Myotis_punicus)'' Felten, Spitzenberger and Storch, 1977 - Felten's myotis
** ''[Myotis ridleyi](/source/Myotis_ridleyi)'' Thomas, 1898 - Ridley's bat
** ''[Myotis rosseti](/source/Myotis_rosseti)'' (Oey, 1951) - thick-thumbed myotis
** ''[Myotis schaubi](/source/Myotis_schaubi)'' Kormos, 1934 - Schaub's myotis
** ''[Myotis secundus](/source/Myotis_secundus)'' Ruedi, Csorba, Lin, & Chou, 2015 - long-toed myotis
** ''[Myotis sicarius](/source/Myotis_sicarius)'' Thomas, 1915 - Mandelli's mouse-eared bat
** ''[Myotis siligorensis](/source/Myotis_siligorensis)'' (Horsfield, 1855) - Himalayan whiskered bat
** ''[Myotis soror](/source/Myotis_soror)'' Ruedi, Csorba, Lin, & Chou, 2015 - reddish myotis
** ''[Myotis sowerbyi](/source/Myotis_sowerbyi)'' Howell, 1926 - Sowerby's whiskered myotis
** ''[Myotis stalkeri](/source/Myotis_stalkeri)'' Thomas, 1910 - Kei myotis
** ''[Myotis tschuliensis](/source/Myotis_tschuliensis)'' Kuzyakin, 1935 - Tschuli myotis
** ''[Myotis yanbarensis](/source/Myotis_yanbarensis)'' Maeda and Matsumara, 1998 - Yanbaru whiskered bat
** ''[Myotis zenatius](/source/Myotis_zenatius)'' Ibáñez, Juste, Salicini, Puechmaille & Ruedi, 2019 - Zenati myotis
* Subgenus ''[Pizonyx](/source/Pizonyx)'':
** ''[Myotis albescens](/source/Myotis_albescens)'' (E. Geoffroy, 1806) - silver-tipped myotis
** ''[Myotis armiensis](/source/Myotis_armiensis)'' Carrión-Bonilla & Cook, 2020 - Armién's myotis
** ''[Myotis atacamensis](/source/Myotis_atacamensis)'' (Lataste, 1892) - Atacama myotis
** ''[Myotis attenboroughi](/source/Myotis_attenboroughi)'' Moratelli et al., 2017{{#tag:ref|Split from ''M. nigricans'' (Moratelli et al., 2017).|group=footnote}} - Sir David Attenborough's myotis
** ''[Myotis auriculus](/source/Myotis_auriculus)'' (Baker and Stains, 1955) - southwestern myotis
** ''[Myotis austroriparius](/source/Myotis_austroriparius)'' (Rhoads, 1897) - southeastern myotis
** ''[Myotis bakeri](/source/Myotis_bakeri)'' Moratelli, Novaes, Bonilla, & D. E. Wilson, 2019 - Baker's myotis
** ''[Myotis brandtii](/source/Myotis_brandtii)'' (Eversmann, 1845) - Brandt's bat
** ''[Myotis californicus](/source/Myotis_californicus)'' (Audubon and Bachman, 1842) - California myotis
** ''[Myotis caucensis](/source/Myotis_caucensis)'' Allen, 1914 - Colombian black myotis
** ''[Myotis chiloensis](/source/Myotis_chiloensis)'' (Waterhouse, 1840) - Chilean myotis
** ''[Myotis ciliolabrum](/source/Myotis_ciliolabrum)'' (Merriam, 1886) - western small-footed bat, western small-footed myotis
** ''[Myotis clydejonesi](/source/Myotis_clydejonesi)'' Moratelli, D. E. Wilson, A. L. Gardner, Fisher, & Gutierrez, 2016 - Clyde Jones's myotis
** ''[Myotis cobanensis](/source/Myotis_cobanensis)'' (Goodwin, 1955) - Guatemalan myotis
** ''[Myotis diminutus](/source/Myotis_diminutus)'' Moratelli & Wilson, 2011 - diminutive myotis
** ''[Myotis dinellii](/source/Myotis_dinellii)'' Thomas, 1902{{#tag:ref|Split from ''M. levis'' (Barquez et al., 2006).|group=footnote}} - Dinelli's myotis
** ''[Myotis dominicensis](/source/Myotis_dominicensis)'' Miller, 1902 - Dominican myotis
** ''[Myotis elegans](/source/Myotis_elegans)'' Hall, 1962 - elegant myotis
** ''[Myotis evotis](/source/Myotis_evotis)'' (H. Allen, 1864) - long-eared myotis
** ''[Myotis findleyi](/source/Myotis_findleyi)'' Bogan, 1978 - Findley's myotis
** ''[Myotis fortidens](/source/Myotis_fortidens)'' Miller and Allen, 1928 - cinnamon myotis
** ''[Myotis grisescens](/source/Myotis_grisescens)'' A.H. Howell, 1909 - gray bat
** ''[Myotis handleyi](/source/Myotis_handleyi)'' Moratelli, A. L. Gardner, J. A. Oliveira, & D. E. Wilson, 2013 - Handley's myotis
** ''[Myotis izecksohni](/source/Myotis_izecksohni)'' Moratelli, Peracchi, Dias & de Oliveira, 2011 - Izecksohn's myotis[{{cite journal|doi=10.1016/j.mambio.2011.01.003|title=Geographic variation in South American populations of Myotis nigricans ( ) (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae), with the description of two new species|journal=Mammalian Biology|volume=76|issue=5|pages=592–607|year=2011|last1=Moratelli|first1=Ricardo|last2=Peracchi|first2=Adriano L.|last3=Dias|first3=Daniela|last4=De Oliveira|first4=João A.}}]
** ''[Myotis keaysi](/source/Myotis_keaysi)'' J.A. Allen, 1914 - hairy-legged myotis
** ''[Myotis keenii](/source/Myotis_keenii)'' (Merriam, 1895) - Keen's myotis
** ''[Myotis larensis](/source/Myotis_larensis)'' LaVal, 1973 - Lara myotis
** ''[Myotis lavali](/source/Myotis_lavali)'' Moratelli, Peracchi, Dias, & Oliveira, 2011 - LaVal's Myotis
** ''[Myotis leibii](/source/Myotis_leibii)'' (Audubon and Bachman, 1842) - eastern small-footed bat
** ''[Myotis levis](/source/Myotis_levis)'' (I. Geoffroy, 1824) - yellowish myotis
** ''[Myotis lucifugus](/source/Myotis_lucifugus)'' (Le Conte, 1831) - little brown bat, little brown myotis
** ''[Myotis martiniquensis](/source/Myotis_martiniquensis)'' LaVal, 1973 - Schwartz's myotis
** ''[Myotis midastactus](/source/Myotis_midastactus)'' Moratelli & Wilson, 2014 - golden myotis{{#tag:ref|Split from ''M. simus'' (Moratelli & Wilson, 2014).|group=footnote}}
** ''[Myotis nesopolus](/source/Myotis_nesopolus)'' Miller, 1900 - Curacao myotis
** ''[Myotis nigricans](/source/Myotis_nigricans)'' (Schinz, 1821) - black myotis
** ''[Myotis nyctor](/source/Myotis_nyctor)'' LaVal & Schwartz, 1974 - Barbados myotis{{#tag:ref|Split from ''M. martiniquensis'' (Larsen et al., 2012).|group=footnote}}
** ''[Myotis occultus](/source/Myotis_occultus)'' Hollister, 1909 - Arizona myotis
** ''[Myotis oxyotus](/source/Myotis_oxyotus)'' (Peters, 1867) - montane myotis
** ''[Myotis peninsularis](/source/Myotis_peninsularis)'' Miller, 1898 - peninsular myotis
** ''[Myotis pilosatibialis](/source/Myotis_pilosatibialis)'' LaVal, 1973 - northern hairy-legged myotis
** ''[Myotis planiceps](/source/Myotis_planiceps)'' Baker, 1955 - flat-headed myotis
** ''[Myotis riparius](/source/Myotis_riparius)'' Handley, 1960 - riparian myotis
** ''[Myotis ruber](/source/Myotis_ruber)'' (E. Geoffroy, 1806) - red myotis
** ''[Myotis septentrionalis](/source/Myotis_septentrionalis)'' (Trouessart, 1897) - northern long-eared bat, northern myotis
** ''[Myotis sibiricus](/source/Myotis_sibiricus)'' (Kastschenko, 1905) - Siberian bat or Siberian whiskered myotis{{#tag:ref|Split from ''M. brandtii'' (Kruskop, Borisenko, Ivanova, Lim & Eger, 2012).|group=footnote}}
** ''[Myotis simus](/source/Myotis_simus)'' Thomas, 1901 - velvety myotis
** ''[Myotis sodalis](/source/Myotis_sodalis)'' Miller and Allen, 1928 - Indiana bat
** ''[Myotis thysanodes](/source/Myotis_thysanodes)'' Miller, 1897 - fringed myotis
** ''[Myotis velifer](/source/Myotis_velifer)'' (J.A. Allen, 1890) - cave myotis
** ''[Myotis vivesi](/source/Myotis_vivesi)'' Menegaux, 1901 - fish-eating bat, fish-eating myotis
** ''[Myotis volans](/source/Myotis_volans)'' (H. Allen, 1866) - long-legged myotis
** ''[Myotis yumanensis](/source/Myotis_yumanensis)'' (H. Allen, 1864) - Yuma myotis
* Unclassified & dubious species:
** ''[Myotis australis](/source/Myotis_australis)'' (Dobson, 1878) - Australian myotis (disputed species)
** ''[Myotis oreias](/source/Myotis_oreias)'' (Temminck, 1840) - Singapore whiskered bat
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==See also==
* [Bat adenovirus TJM](/source/Bat_adenovirus_TJM)
== Notes ==
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==References==
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==Literature cited==
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* Ibáñez, C., García-Mudarra, J.L., Ruedi, M., Stadelmann, B. and Juste, J. 2006. The Iberian contribution to cryptic diversity in European bats. Acta Chiropterologica 8(2):277–297.
* Jiang, T., Sun, K., Chou, C., Zhang, Z. and Feng, J. 2010. First record of ''Myotis flavus'' (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from mainland China and a reassessment of its taxonomic status. Zootaxa 2414:41–51.
* Lack, J.B., Roehrs, Z.P., Stanley, C.E., Ruedi, M. and Van Den Bussche, R.A. 2010. [https://dx.doi.org/10.1644/09-MAMM-A-192.1 Molecular phylogenetics of ''Myotis'' indicate familial-level divergence for the genus ''Cistugo'' (Chiroptera)] (subscription required). Journal of Mammalogy 91(4):976–992.
* Matveev, V.A., Kruskop, S.V. and Kramerov, D.A. 2005. Revalidation of ''Myotis petax'' Hollister, 1912 and its new status in connection with ''M. daubentonii'' (Kuhl, 1817) (Vespertilionidae, Chiroptera). Acta Chiropterologica 7(1):23–37.
* Mayer, F., Dietz, C. and Kiefer, A. 2007. [https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-4-4 Molecular species identification boosts bat diversity]. Frontiers in Zoology 4(1):239–255.
* {{cite journal|last1= Moratelli|first1=R.|last2=Wilson|first2=D. E.|last3=Novaes|first3=R. L. M.|last4=Helgen|first4=K. M.|last5=Gutiérrez|first5=E. E.|title= Caribbean ''Myotis'' (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae), with description of a new species from Trinidad and Tobago|journal= Journal of Mammalogy|volume=98|issue=4|pages=994–1008|date= 2017-06-07|doi= 10.1093/jmammal/gyx062|doi-access=free}}
* Roehrs, Z.P., Lack, J.B. and Van Den Bussche, R.A. 2010. [https://dx.doi.org/10.1644/09-MAMM-A-325.1 Tribal phylogenetic relationships within Vespertilioninae (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) based on mitochondrial and nuclear sequence data] (subscription required). Journal of Mammalogy 91(5):1073–1092.
* Simmons, N.B. 2005. Order Chiroptera. Pp. 312–529 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). [http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3 Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference]. 3rd ed. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols., 2142 pp. {{ISBN|978-0-8018-8221-0}}
* Stadelmann, B., Lin, L.-K., Kunz, T.H. and Ruedi, M. 2007. [https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2006.06.019 Molecular phylogeny of New World ''Myotis'' (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA genes] (subscription required). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 43(1):32–48.
* Tsytsulina, K. 2004. On the taxonomical status of ''Myotis abei'' Yoshikura, 1944 (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae). Zoological Science 21:963–966.
* Simmons, Nancy B.; Flanders, J.; Bakwo Fils, E. M.; Parker, Guy; Suter, Jamison D.; Bamba, Seinan; Keita, Mamady Kobele; Morales, Ariadna E.; Frick, Winifred F. 2021. [http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/7249 A new dichromatic species of Myotis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from the Nimba Mountains, Guinea (American Museum novitates, no. 3963)] American Museum Novitates. ISSN 0003-0082.
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* [http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Myotis/classification/ ''Myotis''] at [Animal Diversity Web](/source/Animal_Diversity_Web)
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