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| Relationships among Myotis species according to molecular data |
Traditionally, Myotis has been divided into three large subgenera—Leuconoe, Myotis, and Selysius. However, molecular data indicate that these subgenera are not natural groups, but instead unnatural assemblages of convergently similar species. Instead, Myotis species largely fall in two main clades, one containing Old World and the other New World species. However, the Asian species Myotis latirostris falls outside the clade formed by these main groups, and may represent a separate genus, and the Eurasian Myotis brandtii is related to New World species.
Myotis is a highly species-rich genus, and the classification of many species remains unsettled. In the below list, all differences in taxonomy from the 2005 third edition of Mammal Species of the World, are indicated in footnotes.
- Myotis adversus
- Myotis aelleni
- Myotis albescens
- Myotis alcathoe
- Myotis altarium
- Myotis anjouanensis
- Myotis annamiticus
- Myotis annectans
- Myotis atacamensis
- Myotis ater
- Myotis aurascens
- Myotis auriculus
- Myotis australis
- Myotis austroriparius
- Myotis bechsteinii
- Myotis blythii
- Myotis bocagii
- Myotis bombinus
- Myotis brandtii
- Myotis bucharensis
- Myotis californicus
- Myotis capaccinii
- Myotis chiloensis
- Myotis chinensis
- Myotis ciliolabrum
- Myotis cobanensis
- Myotis csorbai
- Myotis dasycneme
- Myotis daubentonii
- Myotis davidii
- Myotis dieteri
- Myotis diminutus
- Myotis dominicensis
- Myotis elegans
- Myotis emarginatus
- Myotis escalerai
- Myotis evotis
- Myotis fimbriatus
- Myotis findleyi
- Myotis flavus
- Myotis formosus
- Myotis fortidens
- Myotis frater
- Myotis gomantongensis
- Myotis goudoti
- Myotis gracilis
- Myotis grisescens
- Myotis hajastanicus
- Myotis hasseltii
- Myotis hermani
- Myotis horsfieldii
- Myotis hosonoi
- Myotis ikonnikovi
- Myotis insularum
- Myotis keaysi
- Myotis keenii
- Myotis laniger
- Myotis latirostris
- Myotis leibii
- Myotis levis
- Myotis longipes
- Myotis lucifugus
- Myotis macrodactylus
- Myotis macropus
- Myotis macrotarsus
- Myotis martiniquensis
- Myotis melanorhinus
- Myotis moluccarum
- Myotis montivagus
- Myotis morrisi
- Myotis muricola
- Myotis myotis
- Myotis mystacinus
- Myotis nattereri
- Myotis nesopolus
- Myotis nigricans
- Myotis nipalensis
- Myotis occultus
- Myotis oreias
- Myotis oxygnathus
- Myotis oxyotus
- Myotis ozensis
- Myotis peninsularis
- Myotis pequinius
- Myotis petax
- Myotis phanluongi
- Myotis planiceps
- Myotis pruinosus
- Myotis punicus
- Myotis ricketti
- Myotis ridleyi
- Myotis riparius
- Myotis rosseti
- Myotis ruber
- Myotis schaubi
- Myotis scotti
- Myotis septentrionalis
- Myotis sicarius
- Myotis siligorensis
- Myotis simus
- Myotis sodalis
- Myotis stalkeri
- Myotis taiwanensis
- Myotis thysanodes
- Myotis tricolor
- Myotis velifer
- Myotis vivesi
- Myotis volans
- Myotis welwitschii
- Myotis yanbarensis
- Myotis yesoensis
- Myotis yumanensis
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