Australian myotis

Australian myotis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Myotis
Species: M. australis
Binomial name
Myotis australis
(Dobson, 1878)

The Australian myotis (Myotis australis) is a species of vesper bat. It is found only in Australia. The validity of this species is doubtful; it is known from a single specimen, supposedly from New South Wales, that may be mislabelled or a vagrant Myotis muricola or Myotis ater.

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