Anjouan myotis
The Anjouan myotis (Myotis anjouanensis) is a species of vesper bat. It is found only in Comoros.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Genus: | Myotis |
| Species: | M. anjouanensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Myotis anjouanensis Dorst, 1960 | |
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Taxonomy and etymology
It was described as a new species in 1960 by French zoologist Jean Dorst.[2] Dorst described the species based on specimens that had been collected by Léon Humblot in 1886. It has variably been considered a subspecies of the Malagasy mouse-eared bat.[3] However, in 1995 and 2005, it was published as a full species.[4] The species name "anjouanensis" means "belonging to Anjouan"—the island where the holotype was collected.[3]
Range and habitat
It is found only on Anjouan island of the Comoros.[1] The individual observed in 2006 was captured flying through a tunnel surrounded by "heavily disturbed forest" and agricultural plots.[3]
Conservation
As of 2019, it is evaluated as a data deficient species by the IUCN.[1] It is a rarely-observed species. A single individual was captured in 2006, representing perhaps the first documentation of this species in over 120 years.[3]
References
- Jacobs, D. (2019). "Myotis anjouanensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T44863A22073545.
- Dorst, J. (1960). "Description d'un nouveau chiroptere des Comores, du genre Myotis". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 2 (31): 475–476.
- Goodman, S. M.; Weyeneth, N.; Ibrahim, Y.; Saïd, I.; Ruedi, M. (2010). "A review of the bat fauna of the Comoro Archipelago". Acta Chiropterologica. 12 (1): 129–130. doi:10.3161/150811010X504635.
- Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.