{{Short description|Genus of bats}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Miocene|Present}} | image = | taxon = Submyotodon | authority = Ziegler, 2003 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = ''S. caliginosus''<br> ''S. latirostris''<br> ''S. moupinensis'' }}
'''''Submyotodon''''' is a genus of vespertilionid bats, published as a new taxon in 2003 to describe a Miocene fossil species. Extant species and subspecies previously included in ''Myotis'' were later transferred to this genus. Species in this genus are referred to as '''broad-muzzled bats''' or '''broad-muzzled myotises'''.<ref name="Ziegler 2003">{{cite journal|doi=10.1016/S0016-6995(03)00043-3|title=Bats (Chiroptera, Mammalia) from Middle Miocene karstic fissure fillings of Petersbuch near Eichstätt, Southern Franconian Alb (Bavaria)|journal=Geobios|volume=36|issue=4|pages=447–490|year=2003|last1=Ziegler|first1=Reinhard}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=Database|first=Mammal Diversity|title=Mammal Diversity Database|date=2021-08-10|url=https://zenodo.org/record/5175993|publisher=Zenodo|access-date=2021-09-25}}</ref>
==Taxonomy and etymology== ''Submyotodon'' was described as a new genus of bat in 2003, based on fossil specimens found near Eichstätt, Germany. The type species is ''Submyotodon petersbuchensis''. The genus name ''Submyotodon'' is from the Latin prefix {{wikt-lang|la|sub}} ('under' or 'close to'), + the Greek roots {{wikt-lang|grc|μῦς}} ({{grc-transl|μῦς}}, 'mouse') + {{wikt-lang|grc|οὖς}} ({{grc-transl|οὖς}}, {{wikt-lang|en|ot-}}, 'ear') + {{wikt-lang|grc|ὀδόντος}} ({{grc-transl|ὀδόντος}}, {{wikt-lang|en|-odont}}, 'tooth'). This refers to the fact that its molars are similar to those of the mouse-eared bats, e.g. "myotodont" molars.<ref name="Ziegler 2003"/> Myotodont molars are characterized by a postcristid (enamel ridge linking the hypoconid and hypoconulid) that links to the entoconid (inner posterior cusp of a molar).<ref name="Ruedi 2015">{{cite journal|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3920.2.6|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|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|pmid=25781252}}</ref>
''Submyotodon'' is the second extant genus included in the subfamily Myotinae. Before the description of ''Submyotodon'' and analysis of its phylogenetics, the only member of Myotinae was the genus ''Myotis''.<ref name="Ruedi 2015"/>
==Species==
=== Extant ===
* ''Submyotodon caliginosus'' <small>(Tomes, 1859)</small> - Himalayan broad-muzzled bat<ref name="Ruedi 2015" /> * ''Submyotodon latirostris'' <small>(Kishida, 1932)</small> - Taiwan broad-muzzled bat<ref name="Ruedi 2015" /> * ''Submyotodon moupinensis'' <small>(Milne-Edwards, 1872)</small> - Moupin broad-muzzled bat<ref name="Ruedi 2015" />
=== Fossil ===
* {{extinct}}''Submyotodon petersbuchensis'' <small>Ziegler, 2003</small><ref name="Ziegler 2003" />
==Range== The extinct ''S. petersbuchensis'' was discovered in Germany.<ref name="Ziegler 2003"/> The three extant species are found in Asia, including Taiwan, India, and China.<ref name="Ruedi 2015"/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
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Category:Submyotodon Category:Bat genera Category:Extant Miocene first appearances