Order Chiroptera - Family Vespertilionidae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 451 529 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Myotis abei Yoshikura 1944 Myotis abei Yoshikura 1944 , Zool. Mag. ( Tokyo ), 56: 6 . Type Locality: Russia , S Sakhalin , Shirutoru. Vernacular Names: Sakhalin Myotis . Distribution: Known only from the type locality. Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Data Deficient. Discussion: Horácek et al. (2000) suggested that abei might be conspecific with brandtii , but retained these as separate taxa pending additional data.