Phenetic Relationships among Bats of the Genus Myotis

Abstract

<it>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</it> Myotis. <it>Syst. Zool</it>., 21:31–52.—A numerical taxonomic analysis of the species of the chiropteran genus <it>Myotis</it> 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 <it>Myotis</it>, and a <it>Myotis goudoti</it>-Wke bat as a likely myotine prototype.