Myotis secundus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Vespertilionidae
- Genus
- Myotis
- Species
- Myotis secundus
- Scientific Name
- Myotis secundus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Long-toed myotis
The long-toed myotis or Taiwan long-toed myotis (Myotis secundus) is a species of vesper bat endemic to Taiwan.
It was first discovered by scientists in 2003, and described in a 2015 study of the phylogenetics of Myotis bats from Taiwan and eastern China. It is thought to be closely related to the Yanbaru whiskered bat (M. yanbarensis) of the Ryukyu Islands. Its specific epithet, secundus, references to it being the second (at the time) and undescribed Myotis known from Taiwan, the other being the reddish myotis (M. soror), which was later described alongside M. secundus. Despite its name, the long toes are not particularly distinctive compared to other Myotis species.
It is widespread throughout Taiwan, where it inhabits forested areas in both the mountains and eastern lowlands. It is not thought to be particularly threatened, and is thus classified as Least Concern by the IUCN Red List.
...Myotis secundus in languages:
- Chinese
- 長趾鼠耳蝠
- English
- Taiwan Myotis
- German
- Formosa-Mausohr
- German
- Taiwanisches Mausohr
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Myotis adversus
- Myotis alcathoe
- Myotis altarium
- Myotis alticraniatus
- Myotis ancricola
- Myotis annatessae
- Myotis annectans
- Myotis ater
- Myotis bechsteinii
- Myotis bombinus
- Myotis borneoensis
- Myotis browni
- Myotis bucharensis
- Myotis capaccinii
- Myotis chinensis
- Myotis crypticus
- Myotis dasycneme
- Myotis daubentonii
- Myotis davidii
- Myotis escalerai
- Myotis federatus
- Myotis fimbriatus
- Myotis frater
- Myotis gomantongensis
- Myotis hasseltii
- Myotis hayesi
- Myotis horsfieldii
- Myotis hoveli
- Myotis hyrcanicus
- Myotis ikonnikovi
- Myotis indochinensis
- Myotis insularum
- Myotis laniger
- Myotis longicaudatus
- Myotis longipes
- Myotis macrodactylus
- Myotis macropus
- Myotis macrotarsus
- Myotis moluccarum
- Myotis montivagus
- Myotis muricola
- Myotis mystacinus
- Myotis nattereri
- Myotis nipalensis
- Myotis pequinius
- Myotis petax
- Myotis peytoni
- Myotis phanluongi
- Myotis pilosus
- Myotis pruinosus
- Myotis ridleyi
- Myotis rosseti
- Myotis schaubi
- Myotis secundus
- Myotis sicarius
- Myotis siligorensis
- Myotis soror
- Myotis sowerbyi
- Myotis stalkeri
- Myotis tschuliensis
- Myotis yanbarensis
- Myotis zenatius





