Myopterus daubentonii

A. G. Desmarest, 1821

Daubenton's Winged-mouse Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Vespertilionoidea
Family : Molossidae
Subfamily : Molossinae
Genus : Myopterus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Desmarest, A.G. 1821-01-06. Mammalogie ou description des espèces de mammifères. Première partie, contenant les ordres des bimanes, des quadrumanes et des carnassiers. Veuve Agasse, Paris, 555 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523896

Original name as described

Myopteris Daubentonii

Other common names

Daubenton's Free-tailed Bat · Senegal Mastiff Bat

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1982-1035

Type kind

neotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1982-1035

Type locality

type locality not given. Based on neotype selection, restricted by F. Adam and colleagues in 1993 to Senegal.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Senegal · Cote d'Ivoire · Central African Republic · Democratic Republic of the Congo

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005231

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.

Myopterus albatus

O. Thomas, 1915

Family

Molossidae

Root name

albatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1919.5.9.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d7e5e149-6125-4063-a710-63dbd2ccd130

Authority page

469

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22131566

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:81) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:212) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Myopteris Daubentonii

A. G. Desmarest, 1821

Family

Molossidae

Root name

daubentonii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1982-1035

Type kind

neotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1982-1035

Authority page

132

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523896

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1827:99, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207567) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Myopterus Daubentonii

Lesson, 1842

Family

Molossidae

Root name

daubentonii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

19

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:19) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:212) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Happold & Happold (2013:476) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14102) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14102) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:663) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005231) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14102/22046398) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Myopterus daubentoni

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Molossidae

Root name

daubentoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

81

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:81) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Myopterus daubentonii albatus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Molossidae

Root name

albatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:663) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Myopterus daubentonii daubentonii

Simmons, 2005

Family

Molossidae

Root name

daubentonii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:663) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Myopterus senegalensis

Oken, 1816

Family

Molossidae

Root name

senegalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

inconsistently_binominal

Authority page

932

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59375679

Authority publication

Jena

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