MoratelliRicardoDewynterMaëlDelavalMargueriteCatzeflisFrançoisRuediManuelFirst record of Myotis albescens (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) in French GuianaBiodivers Data J29520152015310.3897/BDJ.3.e5314Myotis albescens(Étienne Geoffroy St.-Hilaire, 1806)Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: MHNG 1990.017; occurrenceRemarks: caught by hand, inside a hollow log; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; preparations: Ethanol 70o GL; disposition: in collection; Taxon: scientificName: Myotis albescens; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Mammalia; order: Chiroptera; family: Vespertilionidae; genus: Myotis; specificEpithet: albescens; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: (É. Geoffroy-St.-Hilaire, 1806); vernacularName: Silver-tipped myotis; nomenclaturalCode: ICZN; taxonomicStatus: accepted; Location: higherGeography: French Guiana; Montsinery; Rivière des Cascades; continent: South America; country: French Guiana; stateProvince: Cayenne; municipality: Montsinery; locality: Cayenne, 27 km SW; verbatimElevation: 42 m; verbatimCoordinates: 04°45'01"N 52°29'08"W; verbatimLatitude: 04°45'01"N; verbatimLongitude: 52°29'08"W; verbatimCoordinateSystem: degrees decimal minutes; Event: eventDate: 2011-07-31

Diagnosis

Presence of a fringe of hairs along the trailing edge of uropatagium, long and silky pelage with frosted appearance on the dorsum, ears 9–14 mm in length, broad interorbital and postorbital constrictions, and globular braincase.

Distribution

Southern Veracruz, Mexico, southward through Central America to Uruguay and Argentina.