Myotis velifer magnamolaris Choate & Hall, 1967
Cave bat
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct (Morgan & Czaplewski, 2025:304)
Last record: Late Pleistocene (Morgan & Czaplewski, 2025:304)
Distribution & Habitat
Arizona, New Mexico & Texas, USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Choate, J. R. and E. R. Hall. (1967). Two new species of bats, genus Myotis, from a Pleistocene deposit in Texas. American Midland Naturalist 78: 531-534.
Other references:
Dalquest, Walter W. and Stangl, Frederick B., Jr. (1984). The taxonomic status of Myotis magnamolaris, Choate and Hall. Journal of Mammalogy 65(3): 485-486. https://doi.org/10.2307/1381098
Dorsey, S. L. (1977). A reevaluation of two new species of fossil bats from Inner Space Caverns. Texas Journal of Science 28: 103-108.
Morgan, Gary S. and Czaplewski, Nicholas J. (2025). The North American fossil record of bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from cave and karst deposits. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 87(4): 265-313. https://doi.org/10.4311/2024pa0116
Newman, Amanda N., Stuhler, John D. and Stevens, Richard D. (2026). Geographic, subspecific, and sexual drivers of phenotypic variation in the Cave Bat (Myotis velifer). Journal of Mammalogy. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyag019