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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".
The 121 extant species of Myotinae are divided between three genera: Eudiscopus and Submyotodon with one species each, and Myotis, or the mouse-eared bats, with the other 119. A few extinct prehistoric myotine species have been discovered, though due to ongoing research and discoveries the exact number and categorization is not fixed.
The monotypic genus Tomopeas, represented by the blunt-eared bat (Tomopeas ravum), is acknowledged as the potentially closest link between the Vespertilionidae and Molossidae, as it is the most basal member of the Molossidae and has intermediate characteristics of both families.
Six species have been recorded to live over thirty years in the wild: the brown long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus), the little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus), the Siberian bat (Myotis sibiricus), the lesser mouse-eared bat (Myotis blythii) the greater horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum), and the Indian flying fox (Pteropus giganteus). [246]
The Greater mouse-eared bat is relatively large for a member of the genus Myotis, weighing up to 45 grams (1.6 oz) and measuring 8 to 9 cm from head to tail (a little larger than a house mouse, Mus musculus), making it one of the largest European bats. [3] It has a 40 cm wingspan, with a forearm length of 6 cm, and a 4 to 5 cm long tail.
Myotis scotti Thomas, 1927 - Scott's mouse-eared bat; Myotis secundus Ruedi, Csorba, Lin, & Chou , 2015 - long-toed myotis; Myotis septentrionalis (Trouessart, 1897) - northern long-eared bat, northern myotis; Myotis sibiricus (Kastschenko, 1905) - Siberian whiskered myotis; Myotis sicarius Thomas, 1915 - Mandelli's mouse-eared bat
Townsend big-eared bats like the one featured in the contest are known for their ears, as the name aptly suggests. Their ears can stretch up to 1.5 inches–nearly a third of their average full ...
Lesser mouse-eared bat (Myotis blythii) Rufous mouse-eared bat (Myotis bocagii) Far Eastern myotis (Myotis bombinus) Bornean whiskered myotis (Myotis borneoensis) Brandt's bat (Myotis brandti) Bocharic myotis (Myotis bucharensis) California myotis (Myotis californicus) Long-fingered bat (Myotis capaccinii) Chilean myotis (Myotis chiloensis)