Myotis ruber (E. Geoffroy 1806) [Vespertilio] ruber E. Geoffroy 1806, Ann. Mus. Natn. Hist. Nat. Paris, 8: 204. Type Locality: Paraguay, Neembucu, Sapucay (neotype locality). Vernacular Names: Red Myotis. Synonyms: Myotis cinnamomeus Wagner 1855; Myotis kinnamon Gervais 1856. Distribution: SE Brazil, SE Paraguay, NE Argentina. Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Vulnerable. Discussion: Does not include levis; revised by LaVal (1973 a), who with Miller and Allen (1928) discussed the type. Reviewed in part by López-González et al. (2001). Apparently closely related to riparius; see Ruedi and Mayer (2001).

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Vespertilionidae, pp. 451-529 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 516, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519