Mouse-eared bat
| Mouse-eared bats Temporal range: Tortonian – Recent | |
|---|---|
| Whiskered bat (Myotis mystacinus) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Subfamily: | Myotinae |
| Genus: | Myotis Kaup, 1829 |
| Type species | |
| Vespertilio myotis Borkhausen, 1797 | |
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The mouse-eared bats or myotises are a diverse and widespread genus (Myotis) of bats within the family Vespertilionidae. The noun "myotis" itself is a Neo-Latin construction, from the Greek "muós (meaning "mouse") and "oûs" (meaning ear), literally translating to "mouse-eared".