| Anjouan myotis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Genus: | Myotis |
| Species: | M. anjouanensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Myotis anjouanensis Dorst, 1960 | |
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| Anjouan myotis range | |
| Synonyms | |
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The Anjouan myotis (Myotis anjouanensis) is a species of vesper bat. It is found only in Comoros.
It was described as a new species in 1960 by French zoologist Jean Dorst. [2] Dorst described the species based on specimens that had been collected by Léon Humblot in 1886. It has variably been considered a subspecies of the Malagasy mouse-eared bat. [3] However, in 1995 and 2005, it was published as a full species. [4] The species name "anjouanensis" means "belonging to Anjouan"—the island where the holotype was collected. [3]
It is found only on Anjouan island of the Comoros. [1] The individual observed in 2006 was captured flying through a tunnel surrounded by "heavily disturbed forest" and agricultural plots. [3]
As of 2019, it is evaluated as a data deficient species by the IUCN. [1] It is a rarely-observed species. A single individual was captured in 2006, representing perhaps the first documentation of this species in over 120 years. [3]
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