Phenetic Relationships among Bats of the Genus Myotis

Findley, James S. (Museum of Southwestern Biology. Dept. of Biology, Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, N. M., 87106) 1972. Phenetic relationships among bats of the genus Myotis. Syst. Zool., 21:31–52.—A numerical taxonomic analysis of the species of the chiropteran genus Myotis revealed the existence of three major phenetic groupings. These may correspond to three feeding-foraging modalities. Phenetic evidence suggests the Oriental Region as a center of origin for Myotis, and a Myotis goudoti-Wke bat as a likely myotine prototype.