Mouse-eared bat

For the species sometimes known as the mouse eared bat, see Greater mouse-eared bat.
"Myotis" redirects here. Not to be confused with Mitosis or Myositis.

Mouse-eared bats
Temporal range: Tortonian – Recent[1]
A whiskered bat (Myotis mystacinus), who is quite displeased at being handled.
Whiskered bat (Myotis mystacinus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Subfamily: Myotinae
Genus: Myotis
Kaup, 1829
Type species
Vespertilio myotis
Species

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The mouse-eared bats or myotises are a diverse and widespread genus (Myotis) of bats within the family Vespertilionidae. The noun "myotis" itself is a Neo-Latin construction, from the Greek "muós (meaning "mouse") and "oûs" (meaning ear), literally translating to "mouse-eared".[2]

  1. ^ "Fossilworks: Myotis".
  2. ^ Schwartz, Charles Walsh; Schwartz, Elizabeth Reeder (2001). The Wild Mammals of Missouri (illustrated ed.). University of Missouri Press. p. 69. ISBN 9780826213594.