Same but different: towards taxonomic status of Myotis ater (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from the mainland Asia Author Kruskop, Sergei V. 0000-0002-9846-0317 Zoological Museum, Moscow State University, Bolshaya Nikitskaya, 2, 125009 Moscow, Russia & Joint Vietnamese-Russian Tropical Research and Technological Centre, Nguyen Van Huyen, Nghia Do, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam kruskop@zmmu.msu.ru. Author Solovyeva, Evgeniya N. Zoological Museum, Moscow State University, Bolshaya Nikitskaya, 2, 125009 Moscow, Russia, anolis@yandex.ru Author Dudorova, Anastasia V. Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Moscow State University, Leninskiye Gory, 1 (12), 119234 Moscow, Russia firedragon11@yandex.ru Author Artyushin, Ilya V. Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Moscow State University, Leninskiye Gory, 1 (12), 119234 Moscow, Russia sometyx@gmail.com text Mammalia 2023 Warsaw, Poland 2023-08-07 87 5 1 18 http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2023-0019 journal article 10.1515/mammalia-2023-0019 1864-1547 10260005 Myotis ater : Indonesia , Ternate Island : ZMB 2956 ( lectotype of M. ater ), ZMB66991 ; Ambon Island : ZMB3119 (holotype of M. amboinensis ); Buru Island : MNH10.3.3.26 ; Sulawesi Island : USNM 217521 , USNM 217522 , USNM 219353 , USNM 219355 ; Ceram Island : MNH10.3.4.34 , MNH10.3.4.35 , MNH10.3.4.36 , MNH10.3.4.39 , MNH10.3.4.40 , MNH10.3.4.41 ; the Moluccas ( Maluku Islands ): ZMB66986 ; Palawan Island : ZMMU S-193100 , ZMMU S-193101 ; southern Vietnam : ROM 110907 , ZMMU S-172604 , ZMMU S-172605 , ZMMU S-172606 , ZMMU S-172608 , ZMMU S-186579 , ZMMU S-186580 , ZMMU S-186582 , ZMMU S-186581 , ZMMU S-186583 , ZMMU S-186585 , ZMMU S-186586 , ZMMU S-186588 , ZMMU S-186591 , ZMMU S-186593 , ZMMU S-186598 , ZMMU S-188172 , ZMMS-188199 , ZMMU S-188203 , ZMMU S-188206 , ZMMU S-190321 , ZMMU S-190322 , ZMMU S-190323 , ZMMU S-190324 ; central Vietnam : ROM 107727 , ROM 107737 , ROM 107773 , ROM 107805 , ROM 107808 , ZMMU S-189233 , ZMMU S-198164 ; Cambodia : HNHM2011.2.15 , HNHM2014.11.13 , HNHM2014.11.14 , HNHM2014.11.15 , HNHM2014.11.16 , HNHM2014.11.17 ; Laos : ROM 106367 , SMF86175 , SMF86176 ; Thailand : SMF88662 , SMF88663 , SMF88664 , SMF88665 . Indonesia , Ternate Island : ZMB2956 (lectotype of M. ater ), ZMB66991 ; Ambon Island : ZMB3119 (holotype of M. amboinensis ); Buru Island : MNH10.3.3.26 ; Sulawesi Island : USNM 217521 , USNM 217522 , USNM 219353 , USNM 219355 ; Ceram Island : MNH10.3.4.34 , MNH 10.3.4.35 , MNH 10.3.4.36 , MNH 10.3.4.39 , MNH10.3.4.40 , MNH10.3.4.41 ; the Moluccas ( Maluku Islands ): ZMB66986 ; Palawan Island : ZMMU S-193100 , ZMMU S-193101 ; southern Vietnam : ROM 110907 , ZMMU S-172604 , ZMMU S-172605 , ZMMU S-172606 , ZMMU S-172608 , ZMMU S-186579 , ZMMU S-186580 , ZMMU S-186582 , ZMMU S-186581 , ZMMU S-186583 , ZMMU S-186585 , ZMMU S-186586 , ZMMU S-186588 , ZMMU S-186591 , ZMMU S-186593 , ZMMU S-186598 , ZMMU S-188172 , ZMMS-188199 , ZMMU S-188203 , ZMMU S-188206 , ZMMU S-190321 , ZMMU S-190322 , ZMMU S-190323 , ZMMU S-190324 ; central Vietnam : ROM 107727 , ROM 107737 , ROM 107773 , ROM 107805 , ROM 107808 , ZMMU S-189233 , ZMMU S-198164 ; Cambodia : HNHM2011.2.15 , HNHM2014.11.13 , HNHM2014.11.14 , HNHM2014.11.15 , HNHM2014.11.16 , HNHM2014.11.17 ; Laos : ROM 106367 , SMF86175 , SMF86176 ; Thailand : SMF88662 , SMF88663 , SMF88664 , SMF88665 .