Weber's myotis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Myotis
Species:
M. weberi
Binomial name
Myotis weberi
(Jentink, 1890)
Synonyms

Kerivoula weberi
Myotis formosus weberi

Weber's myotis (Myotis weberi) is a species of vesper bat endemic to the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.[2]

Taxonomy

It was described in 1890 as a distinct species by Fredericus Anna Jentink, but later reclassified as conspecific with or as a subspecies of Hodgson's bat (M. formosus). However, a 2014 morphological study found major divergence between M. formosus and M. weberi, and thus split them from one another.[3] This has also been followed by the American Society of Mammalogists, the IUCN Red List, and the ITIS.[1][2][4]

It was named after Max Carl Wilhelm Weber.[5]

Distribution and habitat

It is endemic to Indonesia, where it is only found on the island of Sulawesi. It inhabits primary and secondary tropical forest, likely with some resilience to human habitat degradation.[1]

Status

This species is only known from four museum specimens, and thus extremely little is known about it. It may be threatened by logging of lowland forest, which it is likely closely associated with. However, very little is known about this species, and is thus classified as Data Deficient by the IUCN Red List.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Bouillard, N.; Csorba, G.; Görföl, T. (2021). "Myotis weberi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T85736011A85736023. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T85736011A85736023.en. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Explore the Database". www.mammaldiversity.org. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
  3. ↑ Csorba, Gábor; Chou, Cheng-Han; Ruedi, Manuel; Görföl, Tamás; Motokawa, Masaharu; Wiantoro, Sigit; Thong, Vu Dinh; Son, Nguyen Truong; Lin, Liang-Kong; Furey, Neil (2014-08-22). "The reds and the yellows: a review of AsianChrysopteronJentink, 1910 (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae:Myotis)". Journal of Mammalogy. 95 (4): 663–678. doi:10.1644/13-mamm-a-200. ISSN 0022-2372. S2CID 85571027.
  4. ↑ "ITIS - Report: Myotis weberi". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
  5. ↑ Weber, Max (1890). Zoologische Ergebnisse einer reise in Niederländisch Ost-Indien. Bd. 1-4. Leiden: E.J. Brill. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.52289.
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