Myotis Kaup, 1829. Skizz. Entwickel.-Gesch. Nat. Syst. Europ. Thierwelt 1: 106.
Vespertilio myotis Borkhausen, 1797
Myotis huariorum Díaz, Medina, Arias, López & Carrión Bonilla, 2025.
J. Mammal. 2025(gyaf028):7.
Huariorum Myotis
Perú, Departamento de Arequipa, Condesuyos Province, Río Grande District, Altomolino
SW Peru
CITES - Not Listed IUCN - Not Listed (new species).
References:
Díaz, D.R, C.E. Medina, S. Arias, E. López, C.A. Carrión Bonilla. 2025. A new species of Myotis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from the coastal desert of southern Peru. Journal of Mammalogy 2025(gyaf028): 1-16. Read abstract.
Specimens were previously attributed to oxyotus, but are both morphologically and molecularly distinct; see Díaz et al. (2025).