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| status = DD<br />
| status_system = IUCN3.1<br />
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn">{{cite iucn |author2=Görföl, T.|author=Csorba, G.|date=2017|title=''Myotis peytoni''|volume=2017|article-number=e.T85568321A85568324|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T85568321A85568324.en|access-date=24 January 2022}}</ref><br />
| taxon = Myotis peytoni<br />
| authority = [[Robert Charles Wroughton|Wroughton]] & [[species:Kathleen V. Ryley|Ryley]], 1913<br />
| range_map = Distribution of Myotis montivagus.png<br />
| range_map_caption = Peyton's myotis range in yellow (underestimation of the actual range extent)<br />
| synonyms = ''Myotis montivagus peytoni''<br />
}}<br />
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'''Peyton's myotis''' ('''''Myotis peytoni'''''), also known as '''Peyton's whiskered bat''', is a [[species]] of [[Vespertilionidae|vesper bat]] [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[India]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite mdd|title=''Myotis peytoni'' Wroughton & Ryley, 1913|id=1005454|access-date=2022-01-24}}</ref><br />
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== Taxonomy ==<br />
It was described in 1913, and was generally considered a subspecies of the [[Burmese whiskered bat]] (''M. montivagus'') for about a century. However, a 2013 study reclassified it as a distinct species on morphological grounds, using cranial and dental features.<ref name="iucn" /><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Görföl|first=Tamás|last2=Estók|first2=Péter|last3=Gábor|first3=Csorba|date=2013-03-28|title=The Subspecies Of ''Myotis montivagus'' - Taxonomic Revision And Species Limits (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)|url=https://zenodo.org/record/5736085|journal=Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae|volume=59|issue=1|pages=41–59|doi=10.5281/zenodo.5736085}}</ref> This has also been followed by the [[American Society of Mammalogists]], the [[IUCN Red List]], and the [[Integrated Taxonomic Information System|ITIS]].<ref name=":0"/><ref name="iucn" /><ref>{{ITIS |taxon= Myotis peytoni |id=946600 |access-date=2022-01-24}}</ref><br />
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== Distribution and habitat ==<br />
It is restricted to [[South India|peninsular India]], where it ranges from the vicinity of [[Vishakhapatnam]] west to the [[Karnataka]] coast, and as far south as inland [[Tamil Nadu]]. It is thought to inhabit lowland [[tropical forest]]s. In 1913, individuals of ''M. peytoni'' were recorded swarming among the rocky crevices of [[Jog Falls]], and this was also the [[Type (biology)|type locality]] of the species.<ref name="iucn" /><br />
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== Status ==<br />
This species may potentially be a cave-dweller, so it may be threatened by [[caving]]. In addition, as it is known to inhabit tall forests, it may be threatened by deforestation. However, very little information is known about this species, and it is thus classified as [[Data Deficient]] on the [[IUCN Red List]].<ref name="iucn" /><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Mouse-eared bats]]<br />
[[Category:Bats of India]]<br />
[[Category:Endemic fauna of India]]<br />
[[Category:Bats of Asia]]<br />
[[Category:Mammals described in 1913]]<br />
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