Definition of Myotis

1. Noun. Largest and most widely distributed genus of bats.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Myotis

Mylanta
Mylar
Myles
Myles Standish
Myliobatidae
Mylitta
Mylodontidae
Mymensingh District
Myocastor
Myocastor coypus
Myomorpha
Myopus
Myosotis
Myosotis scorpiodes
Myosotis sylvatica
Myotis (current term)
Myotis leucifugus
Myotis velifer
Myr
Myra
Myrcia
Myrciaria
Myrciaria cauliflora
Myrdal
Myriapoda
Myrica
Myrica cerifera
Myrica gale
Myrica pensylvanica
Myricaceae

Literary usage of Myotis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. List of North American Land Mammals in the United States National Museum, 1911 by Gerrit Smith Miller (1912)
"*Myotis californiens pallidus Stephens. 1900. Myotis californiens ... Austral and Transition zones in central and southern Mexico. *Myotis ..."

2. The Mammals of India: A Natural History of All the Animals Known to Inhabit by Thomas Claverhill Jerdon (1874)
"Myotis, Gray. Char.—Ears large, longer than the head, oval, distant; ... He found it in some limestone caves near Islamabad. 63. Myotis parvipes. ..."

3. Ecosystem Disturbance and Wildlife Conservation in Western Grasslands: A edited by Deborah M. Finch (1998)
"California myotis (Myotis californicus), western pipistrelle ... In New Mexico, California myotis, western pipistrelles, and long-legged myotis are ..."

4. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale (1884)
"Myotis (VESPERTILIO) MURINUS. (Jerdon's No. 61.) HABITAT.—NW Himalayas. DESCRIPTION. ... Myotis THEO- BALDI and Myotis PARVIPES. (Jerdon's Nos. 62 & 63. ..."

5. Medico-Chirurgical Transactions by Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London (1901)
"We examined very carefully fifty-eight specimens of Myotis myotis, ... About twenty of the Myotis myotis and one of the M. capaccinii were captured in some ..."

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