The yellowish myotis (Myotis levis) is a vesper bat species from South America. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.[2]
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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. levis
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| Myotis levis Geoffroy, 1806
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Dinelli's myotis (M. dinellii) was formerly considered a subspecies of M. levis, but was split as a distinct species by a 2013 study, which found significant genetic and morphological differences between both taxa.[3]
References
edit- ^ Barquez, R.; Diaz, M. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Myotis levis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T14174A115121699. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ^ Stevens, Richard (January 2010). "Myotis levis (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire) Indeed Occurs in Paraguay". Neotropical Mastozoology. 17 – via Research Gate.
- ^ Miranda, João M. D.; Bernardi, Itiberê P.; Sponchiado, Jonas; Passos, Fernando C. (October 2013). "The taxonomic status of Myotis levis levis and Myotis levis dinellii (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)". Zoologia (Curitiba). 30: 513–518. doi:10.1590/S1984-46702013000500007. ISSN 1984-4670.
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