Southern myotis

For the Australian myotis, see Myotis macropus.

The southern myotis (Myotis aelleni) is a species of vesper bat. It is found in Argentina.

Southern myotis
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Vespertilionidae
Genus:	Myotis
Species:	M. aelleni
Binomial name
Myotis aelleni Baud, 1979

Based on qualitative and quantitative analyses of type specimens, Novaes, Wilson, Ruedi and Moratelli treat this taxon as a junior synonym of Myotis chiloensis.^[2]