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--> GENUS Myotis
SPECIES Myotis welwitschii
Author: | Gray, 1866. | Citation: | Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1866: 211. | Common Name: | Welwitsch's Myotis | Type Locality: | NE Angola. | Distribution: | South Africa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Angola, Zambia, Dem. Rep. Congo, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia. | Status: | IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Reviewed by Kock (1967) and Ratcliffe (2002). Sometimes misspelled welwitschi but the original spelling is welwitschii. Apparently closely related to emarginatus; see Ruedi and Mayer (2001). |
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