Synonymisation of Myotis aurascens with M. davidii (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) is Premature
Based on morphological and molecular data Benda et al. (2012) suggested that East European and West and East Asian steppe whiskered bat, Myotis aurascens Kusjakin, 1935, is conspecific to M. davidii (Peters, 1869) described from China. This hypothesis found considerable support and eventual...
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zoodiv-article-4342023-12-05T09:39:18Z Synonymisation of Myotis aurascens with M. davidii (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) is Premature Dzeverin , I. Myotis Myotis aurascens Myotis davidii Myotis alticraniatus taxonomy nomenclature Based on morphological and molecular data Benda et al. (2012) suggested that East European and West and East Asian steppe whiskered bat, Myotis aurascens Kusjakin, 1935, is conspecific to M. davidii (Peters, 1869) described from China. This hypothesis found considerable support and eventually it may even turn out to be true, but at present it still needs more testing. It is only clear so far that the steppe whiskered bats from the western Eurasia and steppe whiskered bats from southern China are different, phylogenetically quite distant species. The study of variation and between-group differences of the steppe whiskered bats in morphological characters and molecular markers throughout the species geographic range is needed, and especially the comparison of their molecular genetic traits with those of M. davidii from the type locality (Beijing). Until such an analysis is done, taxonomic statements on the synonymy of the names M. aurascens and M. davidii are premature. Publishing House "Akademperiodyka" of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 2023-01-09 Article Article application/pdf https://ojs.akademperiodyka.org.ua/index.php/Zoodiversity/article/view/434 10.15407/zoo2023.01.019 Zoodiversity; Vol. 57 No. 1 (2023): Zoodiversity Zoodiversity (Vestnik Zoologii); Том 57 № 1 (2023): Zoodiversity 2707-7268 2707-725X 10.15407/zoo2023.01 en https://ojs.akademperiodyka.org.ua/index.php/Zoodiversity/article/view/434/193 Copyright (c) 2023 Publisher Publishing House "Academperiodyka" of the NAS of Ukraine |
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Synonymisation of Myotis aurascens with M. davidii (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) is Premature |
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Synonymisation of Myotis aurascens with M. davidii (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) is Premature |
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Synonymisation of Myotis aurascens with M. davidii (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) is Premature |
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Synonymisation of Myotis aurascens with M. davidii (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) is Premature |
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synonymisation of myotis aurascens with m. davidii (chiroptera, vespertilionidae) is premature |
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Based on morphological and molecular data Benda et al. (2012) suggested that East European and West and East Asian steppe whiskered bat, Myotis aurascens Kusjakin, 1935, is conspecific to M. davidii (Peters, 1869) described from China. This hypothesis found considerable support and eventually it may even turn out to be true, but at present it still needs more testing. It is only clear so far that the steppe whiskered bats from the western Eurasia and steppe whiskered bats from southern China are different, phylogenetically quite distant species. The study of variation and between-group differences of the steppe whiskered bats in morphological characters and molecular markers throughout the species geographic range is needed, and especially the comparison of their molecular genetic traits with those of M. davidii from the type locality (Beijing). Until such an analysis is done, taxonomic statements on the synonymy of the names M. aurascens and M. davidii are premature. |
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