Kock's mouse-eared bat

Kock's mouse-eared bat
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Vespertilionidae
Genus:	Myotis
Species:	M. dieteri
Binomial name
Myotis dieteri Happold, 2005

Kock's mouse-eared bat (Myotis dieteri) is a species of mouse-eared bat found in the Republic of the Congo.

Kock's mouse-eared bat was described as a new species in 2005 by Meredith Happold. The holotype had been collected in a limestone cave by Jean-Paul Adam some time between 1961–1968. The eponym for the species name dieteri is German mammalogist Dieter Kock.^[2]

References

1. Happold. M. (2019). "Myotis dieteri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T136678A22038629. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T136678A22038629.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. Happold, Meredith (2005). "A new species of Myotis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from central Africa". Acta Chiropterologica. 7: 9. doi:10.3161/1733-5329(2005)7[9:ANSOMC]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 1733-5329. S2CID 86263806.