Bocharic myotis
| Bocharic myotis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Genus: | Myotis |
| Species: | M. bucharensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Myotis bucharensis Kuzyakin, 1950
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The Bocharic myotis or Bokhara whiskered bat (Myotis bucharensis) is a species of
Vespertilionidae, described in 1950, and indigenous to Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan
.
Taxonomy
The Bocharic myotis was
sister taxon is likely the long-tailed myotis (M. longicaudatus).[4]
Range
The Bocharic myotis is only known from
Samarqand and Tashkent, Uzbekistan. It has been speculated that it may also occur in Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan.[1]
Conservation
Since investigators failed to locate the species during field trips in the 1970s and 1980s, the
Zeravshan river in Tajikistan, confirming that the species is still present there.[4]
See also
- List of mammals of Afghanistan
- List of mammals of Kyrgyzstan
- List of mammals of Tajikistan
- List of mammals of Uzbekistan
Footnotes
- ^ . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
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- ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Retrieved 2012-09-27.
- ^ S2CID 228879012.