Atacama myotis

Atacama myotis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Myotis
Species:
M. atacamensis
Binomial name
Myotis atacamensis
Lataste, 1892
Synonyms

Myotis chiloensis atacamensis, Vespertilio atacamensis

The Atacama myotis (Myotis atacamensis) is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found in Chile and Peru, an example ecoregion of occurrence being the Chilean matorral.[2]

  1. ^ Vargas-Rodríguez, R.; Peñaranda, D.; Ugarte Nuñez, J.; Rodríguez-San Pedro, A.; Ossa Gomez, G.; Gatica Castro, A. (2016). "Myotis atacamensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T14143A22050638. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T14143A22050638.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ C. Michael Hogan & World Wildlife Fund. 2013. Chilean matorral. ed. M.McGinley. Encyclopedia of Earth. National Council for Science and the Environment Archived November 11, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. Washington DC