Mystacina tuberculata

J. E. Gray, 1843

Lesser New Zealand Short-tailed Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Noctilionoidea
Family : Mystacinidae
Genus : Mystacina

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

in Dieffenbach, E. Travels in New Zealand: with contributions to the geography, geology, botany and natural history of that country. vol. 2, p. 296

Original name as described

Mystacina tuberculata

Other common names

Kauri Forest Lesser New Zealand Short-tailed Bat · Southern Lesser New Zealand Short-tailed Bat · Volcanic Plateau Lesser New Zealand Short-tailed Bat

Type material

lost (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

"New Zealand."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

New Zealand

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004869

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Mystacina tuberculata rhyacobia

J. Edwards Hill & Daniel, 1985

Family

Mystacinidae

Root name

rhyacobia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AIM M304

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

295

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2364800

Authority publication

Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History)

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:402) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Mystacina tuberculata aupourica

J. Edwards Hill & Daniel, 1985

Family

Mystacinidae

Root name

aupourica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AIM M309

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

294

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2364801

Authority publication

Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History)

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Mystacina tuberculata

J. E. Gray, 1843

Family

Mystacinidae

Root name

tuberculata

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

296

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:77) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:205) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Uchikawa (1988:170) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4547)
  4. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  5. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:426) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000289) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000289) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:402) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004869) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14261/22070543) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Vespertilio Novae Seelandiae

(Illiger, 1815)

Family

Mystacinidae

Root name

novaeseelandiae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

102

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080958

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Illiger (1815:102, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080958) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)

Mystacina tuberculata tuberculata

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019

Family

Mystacinidae

Root name

tuberculata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

402

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:402) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Mystacina velutina

F. W. Hutton, 1872

Family

Mystacinidae

Root name

velutina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

fully_suppressed · nomen_novum

Authority page

185

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34756775

Authority publication

Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

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