Myotis altarium

O. Thomas, 1911

Sichuan Myotis

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Vespertilionoidea
Family : Vespertilionidae
Subfamily : Myotinae
Genus : Myotis
Subgenus : Myotis

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1911-02-14. Mammals collected in the Provinces of Kan-su and Sze-chwan, western China, by Mr. Malcolm Anderson, for the Duke of Bedford's exploration of eastern Asia. Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 90:3-5.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31252029

Original name as described

Myotis altarium

Other common names

Southwestern Mouse-eared Bat · Szechwan Myotis

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1911.2.1.9

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b25f0a44-660c-4f9c-b7bc-ad821822ef17

Type locality

"Omi-san [= Omei Shan], Sze-chwan [=Szechwan]," China.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya · Palearctic

Country distribution

India · China · Thailand · Vietnam

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005361

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.

Myotis altarium

O. Thomas, 1911

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

altarium

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1911.2.1.9

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b25f0a44-660c-4f9c-b7bc-ad821822ef17

Authority page

3

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31252029

Authority publication

Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:63) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:184) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Smith & Xie (2008:373) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:956) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005361) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14141/22050057) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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