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A recent study revealed two clades within M. tricolor , which might be taxonomically separable. The form loveni (Mount Elgon, Kenya ) is currently treated as a synomym. Monotypic.; [batnames2022] Includes Eptesicus loveni , see Schlitter and Aggundey (1986). See Taylor (2000 a ) for distribution map. Patterson et al. (2019) found evidence for the presence of three subspecies, as yet unnamed; [IUCN] None; [batnames2023] Includes Eptesicus loveni , see Schlitter and Aggundey (1986). See Taylor (2000 a ) for distribution map. Patterson et al. (2019) found evidence for the presence of three subspecies, as yet unnamed; [batnames2025_1.7] Includes Eptesicus loveni, see Schlitter and Aggundey (1986). See Taylor (2000a) for distribution map. Patterson et al. (2019) found evidence for the presence of three subspecies, as yet unnamed					(loveni)	loveni.			loveni			tricolor 	tricolor - loveni	tricolor, loveni	None	tricolor 	tricolor - loveni	tricolor, loveni	tricolor, loveni	tricolor	tricolor - loveni	tricolor (Smuts, 1832)|loveni (Granvik, 1924)		Corbet, G.B. and Hill, J.E. 1980. A World List of Mammalian Species. British Museum (Natural History), London, 226 pp.	Cape hairy bat	Ethiopia – Zaire, S Africa	Honacki, J.H., Kinman, K.E. and Koeppl, J.W. 1982. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Allen Press, Lawrence, 694 pp.	Myotis tricolor	South Africa, Cape Province, Capetown.	Temminck	1832	In Smuts, Enum. Mamm. Capensium, p. 106.	Distribution: Ranging mostly in eastern Africa from Ethiopia to the Cape province, but west to western Zaire.		Corbet, G.B. and Hill, J.E. 1991. A World List of Mammalian Species. Third edition. Oxford University Press, London, 243 pp. ISBN 0-19-854017-5	Cape Hairy bat	Liberia, Ethiopia – S Africa; refs. 4.125, 1.144	Koopman, K.F. 1993. Order Chiroptera. Pp. 137–242 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Second edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, 1206 pp.	Temminck	1832	In Smuts, Enumer. Mamm. Capensium, p. 106.	Subgenus Myotis. Originally Eptesicus loveni, see Schlitter and Aggundey (1986).	Ethiopia and Zaire, south to South Africa.	South Africa, Cape Province, Capetown.		TEMMINCK	1832	Size fairly large (forearm length, 47-52 mm; condylobasal length, 15-18 mm). Rostrum relatively broad. Middle upper premolar reduced and displaced medially from toothrow.	Distribution: Ranging mostly in eastern Africa from Ethiopia to the Cape province, but west to western Zaire.	No subspecies.		102	species	M. tricolor	TEMMINCK	1832	Myotis	subgenus	Myotis tricolor				Size fairly large (forearm length, 47-52 mm; condylobasal length, 15-18 mm). Rostrum relatively broad. Middle upper premolar reduced and displaced medially from toothrow.	No subspecies.		14. M. tricolor (TEMMINCK 1832) ( = loveni GRANVIK 1924) [emarginatus group].	14	NA			Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp. (Available from Johns Hopkins University Press, 1-800-537-5487 or (410) 516-6900, or at http://www.press.jhu.edu).	CHIROPTERA	Vespertilionidae	Myotinae		Myotis tricolor	Myotis		tricolor	Temminck	y	1832		In Smuts, Enumer. Mamm. Capensium			106		Temminck's Myotis	South Africa, Western Cape Prov., Capetown.	Liberia, Ethiopia and Dem. Rep. Congo, south to South Africa.	IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).	loveni Granvik, 1924.	Includes Eptesicus loveni, see Schlitter and Aggundey (1986). See Taylor (2000a) for distribution map.	4C3D87E8FF466AF9FF8395DF1985B8A7	Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 9 Bats, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions	978-84-16728-19-0	hbmw_9_Vespertilionidae_716.pdf.imf	hash://md5/b004ff90fffb6a44fffc96591e00bb32	951	zip:hash://sha256/ec5fd314a06aba1a7b0b72f23e54ac625ae272bd98f82f1d01f4c09627d9e8e0!/treatments-xml-main/data/4C/3D/87/4C3D87E8FF466AF9FF8395DF1985B8A7.xml	Myotis tricolor	Vespertilionidae	Myotis	tricolor		1832	Murin tricolore @fr | Temminck-Mausohr @de | Ratonero tricolor @es | Cape Hairy Bat @en | Cape Myotis @en | Temminck’s Hairy Bat @en | Temminck’s Mouse-eared Bat @en | Threecolored Bat @en	Vespertilio tricolor Temminck in Smuts, 1832, Cape Town, Western Cape Province , South Africa . Subgenus Chrysopteron . Recent genetic studies place this species as sister to M. emarginatus , these two being close to M. goudotii and M. scotti ; this subclade is related to another consisting of M. bocagii , M. formosus , and M. welwitschii . A recent study revealed two clades within M. tricolor , which might be taxonomically separable. The form loveni (Mount Elgon, Kenya ) is currently treated as a synomym. Monotypic.	Patchily distributed in sub-Saharan Africa: NW uplands of Liberia ; E & S DR Congo and Rwanda ; and more widely from Ethiopia to S South Africa .	Head-body 51-65 mm , tail 35-56 mm , ear 13-19 mm , hindfoot 10-13 mm , forearm 47-53 mm ; weight 8-16 g . Greatest lengths of skulls are 16-9- 19- 1 mm , maxillary tooth row 6:6-8- 2 mm . Females are slightly larger than males. Long individual hairs stand away from the body, giving fur a soft feel; upperparts coppery-brown to rufous (dark hair bases and coppery-red tips); ventrally paler (hairs tricolored, creamy-fawn, with blackish-brown base and pale brown tip). Muzzle blackish brown. Ears brown and medium-sized,slightly emarginated in middle of outerside, with pointed tip; tragus long and narrow, about one-half ear length. Wing membranes blackish brown; sometimes particolored in Malawi , where they are blackish brown with reddish brown over finger bones and adjacent to body; these markings are faint compared to striking black-and-orange ones of Welwitsch’s Myotis (M. welwitschii ); elsewhere, the wings are reported to have no markings. Membranesare attached to base of first toe; interfemoral membrane reddish brown and naked, posterior margin without fringe of bristle-like hairs; tail fully enclosed in uropatagium. Baculum is small and triangular, with indentation on basal side; tip rounded, not distinct from shaft, narrower than base, very slightly turned ventrally; basal lobe V-shaped, small, and rounded. Skull 1s comparatively large and robust, with weak zygomatic arches; braincase clearly inflated and rises well above rostrum, forming right angle at forehead; sagittal and lambdoid crests are weak or absent. P? and P? are small to very small, and internal to tooth row; P° reduced (reaching only slightly above cingulum of P?, and much less than half crown area of P?), partly to fully displaced lingually, P? and P* separated or in contact. Chromosomal complement has 2n = 44 and FN = 52.	Rather variable: often in montane habitats including forest; also at lower elevations in rainforest, miombo woodland, Acacia — Commiphora ( Fabaceae and Burseraceae , respectively) bushland and thicket, woodland savanna, and drier grassland savanna. Occurs up to elevations of 2600 m in Ethiopia . In South Africa , only present in regions with annual rainfall of over 500 mm ; distribution is probably limited by rainfall and occurrence of suitable roosting sites (humid caves and mines). Sometimes found near open water.	Diet consists of Coleoptera , Hemiptera , Diptera , Neuroptera , and Hymenoptera . The species probably forages for flying insects in open spaces close to trees. Itis a clutter-edge forager, with relatively broad wings, intermediate wing loading and low aspect ratio; wing morphology is intermediate between those of a typical aerial forager, a gleaner, and a trawler (taking prey from water surface).	In KwaZulu-Natal , copulation was in April, followed by period of sperm storage by female until fertilization in September and parturition in November-December. Lactation period lasts c.6 weeks. Females congregate at maternity roosts, each with one young.	Nocturnal, roosting in moist caves and mines, hanging freely from ceilings or clinging to walls; it is mostly found in caves with pools of water where disturbance is minimal. The species typically produces FM calls with peak frequency of c.50 kHz, large bandwidth (c.50 kHz), and short duration (2-4 milliseconds).	In parts of South Africa , Temminck’s Myotis migrates hundreds of kilometers between warmer summer maternity caves and colder winter hibernation caves. It roosts gregariously, and may congregate in groups of up to 2000 individuals. It often shares roosts with Cape Horseshoe Bats ( Rhinolophus capensis ), Geoftroy’s Horseshoe Bats (R. clivosus), Lesser Long-fingered Bats ( Miniopterus fraterculus), and Natal Long-fingered Bats (M. natalensis).	Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. Generally uncommon to rare throughout its range, but more abundant in eastern South Africa . No major threats are known, but roost sites in caves are locally disturbed by tourism and some traditional ceremonies. Habitat loss around roost sites due to agricultural expansion may also be of some significance, as may alien and invasive plant infestations, which can deplete insect biomass. In parts ofits range (e.g. Mpumalanga , South Africa ), the speciesis threatened by mining, both legal and illegal.	ACR (2018) | Allen (1939) | Amador et al. (2018) | Baeten et al. (1984) | Bernard (1982b, 2013b) | Csorba, Chou Cheng-Han et al. (2014) | Dobson (1879) | Findley (1972) | Hayman & Hill (1971) | Hayman et al. (1966) | Jordaan & Jacobs (2009) | Kearney etal. (2002) | Koopman (1989, 1994) | Koopman etal. (1995) | Monadjem & Jacobs (2017b) | Monadjem, Jacobs et al. (2016) | Monadjem, Taylor et al. (2010) | Rautenbach et al. (1993) | Ruedi et al. (2013) | Schlitter & Aggundey (1986) | Schoeman & Jacobs (2003, 2008) | Simmons (2005) | Skinner & Chimimba (2005) | Stadelmann, Jacobs et al. (2004) | Stadelmann, Lin Liangkong et al. (2007) | Stoffberg & Jacobs (2004) | Tate (1941d) | Taylor (1999, 2000)	https://zenodo.org/record/6398831/files/figure.png	426. Temminck's. 3 Myotis Myotis tricolor French: Murin tricolore / German: Temminck-Mausohr / Spanish: Ratonero tricolor Other common names: Cape Hairy Bat , Cape Myotis , Temminck’s Hairy Bat , Temminck’s Mouse-eared Bat , Threecolored Bat Taxonomy. Vespertilio tricolor Temminck in Smuts, 1832, Cape Town, Western Cape Province , South Africa . Subgenus Chrysopteron . Recent genetic studies place this species as sister to M. emarginatus , these two being close to M. goudotii and M. scotti ; this subclade is related to another consisting of M. bocagii , M. formosus , and M. welwitschii . A recent study revealed two clades within M. tricolor , which might be taxonomically separable. The form loveni (Mount Elgon, Kenya ) is currently treated as a synomym. Monotypic. Distribution. Patchily distributed in sub-Saharan Africa: NW uplands of Liberia ; E & S DR Congo and Rwanda ; and more widely from Ethiopia to S South Africa . Descriptive notes. Head-body 51-65 mm , tail 35-56 mm , ear 13-19 mm , hindfoot 10-13 mm , forearm 47-53 mm ; weight 8-16 g . Greatest lengths of skulls are 16-9- 19- 1 mm , maxillary tooth row 6:6-8- 2 mm . Females are slightly larger than males. Long individual hairs stand away from the body, giving fur a soft feel; upperparts coppery-brown to rufous (dark hair bases and coppery-red tips); ventrally paler (hairs tricolored, creamy-fawn, with blackish-brown base and pale brown tip). Muzzle blackish brown. Ears brown and medium-sized,slightly emarginated in middle of outerside, with pointed tip; tragus long and narrow, about one-half ear length. Wing membranes blackish brown; sometimes particolored in Malawi , where they are blackish brown with reddish brown over finger bones and adjacent to body; these markings are faint compared to striking black-and-orange ones of Welwitsch’s Myotis (M. welwitschii ); elsewhere, the wings are reported to have no markings. Membranesare attached to base of first toe; interfemoral membrane reddish brown and naked, posterior margin without fringe of bristle-like hairs; tail fully enclosed in uropatagium. Baculum is small and triangular, with indentation on basal side; tip rounded, not distinct from shaft, narrower than base, very slightly turned ventrally; basal lobe V-shaped, small, and rounded. Skull 1s comparatively large and robust, with weak zygomatic arches; braincase clearly inflated and rises well above rostrum, forming right angle at forehead; sagittal and lambdoid crests are weak or absent. P? and P? are small to very small, and internal to tooth row; P° reduced (reaching only slightly above cingulum of P?, and much less than half crown area of P?), partly to fully displaced lingually, P? and P* separated or in contact. Chromosomal complement has 2n = 44 and FN = 52. Habitat. Rather variable: often in montane habitats including forest; also at lower elevations in rainforest, miombo woodland, Acacia — Commiphora ( Fabaceae and Burseraceae , respectively) bushland and thicket, woodland savanna, and drier grassland savanna. Occurs up to elevations of 2600 m in Ethiopia . In South Africa , only present in regions with annual rainfall of over 500 mm ; distribution is probably limited by rainfall and occurrence of suitable roosting sites (humid caves and mines). Sometimes found near open water. Food and Feeding. Diet consists of Coleoptera , Hemiptera , Diptera , Neuroptera , and Hymenoptera . The species probably forages for flying insects in open spaces close to trees. Itis a clutter-edge forager, with relatively broad wings, intermediate wing loading and low aspect ratio; wing morphology is intermediate between those of a typical aerial forager, a gleaner, and a trawler (taking prey from water surface). Breeding. In KwaZulu-Natal , copulation was in April, followed by period of sperm storage by female until fertilization in September and parturition in November-December. Lactation period lasts c.6 weeks. Females congregate at maternity roosts, each with one young. Activity patterns. Nocturnal, roosting in moist caves and mines, hanging freely from ceilings or clinging to walls; it is mostly found in caves with pools of water where disturbance is minimal. The species typically produces FM calls with peak frequency of c.50 kHz, large bandwidth (c.50 kHz), and short duration (2-4 milliseconds). Movements, Home range and Social organization. In parts of South Africa , Temminck’s Myotis migrates hundreds of kilometers between warmer summer maternity caves and colder winter hibernation caves. It roosts gregariously, and may congregate in groups of up to 2000 individuals. It often shares roosts with Cape Horseshoe Bats ( Rhinolophus capensis ), Geoftroy’s Horseshoe Bats (R. clivosus), Lesser Long-fingered Bats ( Miniopterus fraterculus), and Natal Long-fingered Bats (M. natalensis). Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. Generally uncommon to rare throughout its range, but more abundant in eastern South Africa . No major threats are known, but roost sites in caves are locally disturbed by tourism and some traditional ceremonies. Habitat loss around roost sites due to agricultural expansion may also be of some significance, as may alien and invasive plant infestations, which can deplete insect biomass. In parts ofits range (e.g. Mpumalanga , South Africa ), the speciesis threatened by mining, both legal and illegal. Bibliography. ACR (2018), Allen (1939), Amador et al. (2018), Baeten et al. (1984), Bernard (1982b, 2013b), Csorba, Chou Cheng-Han et al. (2014), Dobson (1879), Findley (1972), Hayman & Hill (1971), Hayman et al. (1966), Jordaan & Jacobs (2009), Kearney etal. (2002), Koopman (1989, 1994), Koopman etal. (1995), Monadjem & Jacobs (2017b), Monadjem, Jacobs et al. (2016), Monadjem, Taylor et al. (2010), Rautenbach et al. (1993), Ruedi et al. (2013), Schlitter & Aggundey (1986), Schoeman & Jacobs (2003, 2008), Simmons (2005), Skinner & Chimimba (2005), Stadelmann, Jacobs et al. (2004), Stadelmann, Lin Liangkong et al. (2007), Stoffberg & Jacobs (2004), Tate (1941d), Taylor (1999, 2000).	Simmons, N.B. and A.L. Cirranello. 2022B. Bat Species of the World: A taxonomic and geographic database. Accessed on 10/11/2022.	Vespertilionidae	Myotis tricolor	Myotis	Chrysopteron	tricolor	Temminck	1832	1	In Smuts, Enumer. Mamm. Capensium	p. 106	Temminck's Myotis	 loveni Granvik, 1924.	South Africa, Western Cape Prov., Capetown.	Liberia, Ethiopia and Dem. Rep. Congo, south to South Africa.	Not listed.	Least Concern	Includes Eptesicus loveni , see Schlitter and Aggundey (1986). See Taylor (2000 a ) for distribution map. Patterson et al. (2019) found evidence for the presence of three subspecies, as yet unnamed	Mammal Diversity Database. (2023). Mammal Diversity Database (Version 1.11) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7830771 released 15 April 2023	Myotis tricolor	23	Temminck's Myotis	Cape Hairy Bat|Cape Myotis|Temminck's Hairy Bat|Temminck's Mouse-eared Bat|Three-colored Bat	Theria	Placentalia	Boreoeutheria	Laurasiatheria	CHIROPTERA	VESPERTILIONIFORMES	NA	NA	VESPERTILIONOIDEA	VESPERTILIONIDAE	MYOTINAE	NA	Myotis	Chrysopteron	tricolor	Temminck	1832	1	Vespertilio_tricolor	Temminck, C. J. (1832). In Smuts, J. Dissertatio zoologica, enumerationem mammalium capensium continens: tribus tabulis adjunctis. Apud J.C. Cyfveer, Leiden, 106.	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137910#page/126/mode/1up	RMNH MAM.35898 [lectotype]		Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa.			tricolor (Temminck, 1832)|loveni (Granvik, 1924)	NA	NA	Liberia|Democratic Republic of the Congo|Ethiopia|Kenya|Uganda|Rwanda|Burundi?|Angola?|Tanzania|Zambia|Malawi|Mozambique|Zimbabwe|South Africa|Eswatini|Lesotho?	Africa	Afrotropic	LC	0	0	0	Myotis_tricolor	0	sciname match	Myotis_tricolor	0	IUCN. 2022. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-1. https://www.iucnredlist.org. Accessed on [28 September, 2022].	14207	Myotis tricolor	ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	CHIROPTERA	VESPERTILIONIDAE	Myotis	tricolor	(Temminck, 1832)	None	20000000	Myotis tricolor	Least Concern		2017	2016-08-31 00:00:00 UTC	3.1	English	Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, presumed large population, and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category	In general, animals have been reported from dry and moist savanna, and mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation. It seems possible that the species is also found in tropical moist forest in Liberia and the Virunga National Park (the Democratic Republic of the Congo), however, this needs confirmation. The species roosts in caves and abandoned mines. It appears to prefer larger caves that are relatively undisturbed, usually ones that contain large pools of water (Herselman and Norton, 1985).	There appear to be no major threats to this species as a whole.	This is a common species with colonies often consisting of thousands of animals.	Unknown	This species has been patchily recorded in sub-Saharan Africa. In West Africa the species has currently only been reported from the northwestern uplands of Liberia (Koopman 1995), while in Central Africa it is known only from a few records in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda (Hayman et al. 1966; Baeten et al. 1984). The species is much more widely recorded in East Africa, ranging from Ethiopia in the north, through Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe through to southern South Africa.		Terrestrial	It has been recorded from the Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Baeten et al. 1984) and in view of its East African range, it seems likely that it is present in additional protected areas. Further studies are needed into the range of this species in West and Central Africa.	Afrotropical		FALSE	FALSE	Global	Simmons, N. B., & Cirranello, A. L. (2023). Batnames.org Species List Version 1.4 (1.4). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8136157 	Vespertilionidae	Myotis	Chrysopteron	tricolor	Temminck	1832	1	In Smuts, Enumer. Mamm. Capensium	p. 106	Temminck's Myotis	 loveni Granvik, 1924.	South Africa, Western Cape Prov., Capetown.	Liberia, Ethiopia and Dem. Rep. Congo, south to South Africa.	Not listed.	Least Concern	Includes Eptesicus loveni , see Schlitter and Aggundey (1986). See Taylor (2000 a ) for distribution map. Patterson et al. (2019) found evidence for the presence of three subspecies, as yet unnamed	Myotis tricolor	1005479	23	Temminck's Myotis	Cape Hairy Bat|Cape Myotis|Temminck's Hairy Bat|Temminck's Mouse-eared Bat|Three-colored Bat	Theria	Placentalia	Boreoeutheria	Laurasiatheria	CHIROPTERA	VESPERTILIONIFORMES	NA	NA	VESPERTILIONOIDEA	Vespertilionidae	MYOTINAE	NA	Myotis	Chrysopteron	tricolor	Temminck	1832	1	Vespertilio_tricolor	Temminck, C. J. (1832). In Smuts, J. Dissertatio zoologica, enumerationem mammalium capensium continens: tribus tabulis adjunctis. Apud J.C. Cyfveer, Leiden, 106.	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137910#page/126/mode/1up	RMNH MAM.35898 [lectotype]		Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa.			tricolor (Temminck, 1832)|loveni (Granvik, 1924)	NA	NA				Liberia|Democratic Republic of the Congo|Ethiopia|Kenya|Uganda|Rwanda|Burundi?|Angola?|Tanzania|Zambia|Malawi|Mozambique|Zimbabwe|South Africa|Eswatini|Lesotho?	Africa	Afrotropic	LC	0	0	0	Myotis_tricolor	0	sciname match	Myotis_tricolor	0	Burgin, C. J., Zijlstra, J. S., Becker, M. A., Handika, H., Alston, J. M., Widness, J., Liphardt, S., Huckaby, D. G., and Upham, N. S. (2025). How many mammal species are there now? Updates and trends in taxonomic, nomenclatural, and geographic knowledge. Journal of Mammalogy in revision: TBD. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.02.27.640393	Myotis_tricolor	1005479	23	Temminck's Myotis	Cape Hairy Bat|Cape Myotis|Temminck's Hairy Bat|Temminck's Mouse-eared Bat|Three-colored Bat	Theria	Placentalia	Boreoeutheria	Laurasiatheria	Chiroptera	Yangochiroptera	NA	NA	Vespertilionoidea	Vespertilionidae	Myotinae	NA	Myotis	Chrysopteron	tricolor	Smuts	1	Vespertilio tricolor	Smuts, J. 1832. Dissertatio zoologica, enumerationem mammalium capensium continens. J. C. Cyfveer, Leiden, 108 pp.	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43088796	RMNH.MAM.35899	syntypes	https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35899	Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa.			NA	NA				Liberia|Democratic Republic of the Congo|Ethiopia|Kenya|Uganda|Rwanda|Burundi?|Angola?|Tanzania|Zambia|Malawi|Mozambique|Zimbabwe|South Africa|Eswatini|Lesotho?	Africa	Afrotropic	LC	0	0	0	Myotis_tricolor	0	sciname match	Myotis_tricolor	0	Simmons, N. B., & Cirranello, A. L. (2025). Batnames.org Species List Version 1.7 (1.7). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14796586	Vespertilionidae	Myotis	Chrysopteron	tricolor	Temminck	1832	1	In Smuts, Enumer. Mamm. Capensium	p. 106	Temminck's Myotis	loveni Granvik, 1924.	South Africa, Western Cape Prov., Capetown.	Liberia, Ethiopia and Dem. Rep. Congo, south to South Africa.	<a href='https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php' target='_blank'>Not Listed</a>	<a href='https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14207/22063832/' target='_blank'>Least Concern</a>	Includes Eptesicus loveni, see Schlitter and Aggundey (1986). See Taylor (2000a) for distribution map. Patterson et al. (2019) found evidence for the presence of three subspecies, as yet unnamed		Mammal Diversity Database. (2025). Mammal Diversity Database (Version 2.2) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15007505	NA	Myotis tricolor; Myotis tricolor; Myotis tricolor; Myotis tricolor; Myotis tricolor; Myotis tricolor; loveni; loveni; tricolor; loveni; Murin tricolore; Temminck-Mausohr; Ratonero tricolor; Cape Hairy Bat; Cape Myotis; Temminck’s Hairy Bat; Temminck’s Mouse-eared Bat; Threecolored Bat; Temminck's Myotis; Cape Hairy Bat; Cape Myotis; Temminck's Hairy Bat; Temminck's Mouse-eared Bat; Three-colored Bat; Temminck's Myotis; Temminck's Myotis; M. tricolor