Myotis bechsteinii

(Kuhl, 1817)

Bechstein's Myotis

Close-up of head, showing open mouth and teeth. Also as Bechstein's Bat.
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Location:Poland, Lubuskie Lake District, GorzowDate taken:Jan 1, 1982

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 730

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Kuhl, H. 1817. Die deutschen Fledermäuse. None, Hanau, 67 pp.

Authority publication link

https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-91692

Original name as described

Vespertilio Bechsteinii

Other common names

Bechstein's Bat

Type material

ZMB 6308

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

Hanau, Hessen, Germany.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Sweden · United Kingdom · Portugal · Spain · France · Belgium · Luxembourg · Netherlands · Germany · Denmark · Switzerland · Liechtenstein · Italy · Austria · Czech Republic · Hungary · Slovakia · Poland · Slovenia · Croatia · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Serbia · Montenegro · Kosovo? · Albania · North Macedonia · Greece · Bulgaria · Romania · Moldova · Ukraine · Belarus · Russia · Georgia · Armenia · Azerbaijan · Turkey · Iran

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005375

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Known distribution is shown in green and predicted distribution is in yellow. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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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.

Total: 11 names and synonyms.

Vespertilio Bechsteinii

(Kuhl, 1817)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

bechsteinii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 6308

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

22

Authority publication

Hanau

Name usages

  1. Ranzani (1820:204, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27807784) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69425)
  2. Desmarest (1821:135, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523899) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
  3. Schinz (1821:173, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528930) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  4. Boie (1823:967, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13257198) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68425)
  5. Lesson (1827:88, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207556) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  6. Fischer (1829:101) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  7. Eichwald (1831:384, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35753049) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67585)
  8. Lesson (1836:71, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62814784) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61467)
  9. Gray (1838:496, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40026399) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34750)
  10. Keyserling & Blasius (1839:308, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24904219) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/56536)
  11. Temminck (1840:184) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59644)
  12. Blyth (1840:74 (footnote), https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49918288) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67419)
  13. Lesson (1842:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  14. Smith (1842:136, https://books.google.com/books?id=DvE_AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA136) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  15. Schinz (1844:151) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36043)
  16. Trouessart (1878:248, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33975531) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58780)
  17. Schulze (1897:94) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60594)

Vespertilio Beschsteinii

(A. G. Desmarest, 1819)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

beschsteinii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

467

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19472410

Authority publication

Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle

Myotis Bechsteini

Bonaparte, 1845

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

bechsteini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

18

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43573720

Authority publication

Milan

Name usages

  1. Bonaparte (1845:18, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43573720) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40449)
  2. Trouessart (1904:91, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422920) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  3. Thomas (1906:220, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51222887) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19700)
  4. Thomas (1911:161, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31251989) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14044)
  5. Bianchi (1918:216, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8482831) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67313)
  6. Weber (1928:157) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69650)
  7. Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:143, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722444) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
  8. Kurtén (1968:54) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5363)
  9. Rybář (1976:20) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68690)
  10. Corbet & Hill (1980:63) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  11. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:185) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  12. Koopman (1993:208) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  13. Koopman (1994:100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  14. Lindenau (2005:137) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17041)

Vespertilio Beschteinii

(P. Gervais, 1849)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

beschteinii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

215

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57438732

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Gervais (1849:215, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57438732) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60636)

Vespertilio Bechsteini

(A. Murray, 1866)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

bechsteini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

namecombination · incorrectsubsequent_spelling

Authority page

349

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580345

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Murray (1866:349, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580345) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  2. Acloque (1900:38) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59737)

Myotis Bechsteinii

Fitzinger, 1871

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

bechsteinii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

280

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36317393

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

  1. Fitzinger (1871:280, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36317393) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67513)
  2. Miller (1912:179, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8421498) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5948)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:72) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Popov (2004:430) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5354)
  5. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  6. Amr, Abu Baker & Qumsiyeh (2006:237) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9028)
  7. Mayer, Dietz & Kiefer (2007:2) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1655)
  8. Papadatou, Butlin & Altringham (2008:129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1793)
  9. Benda, Faizolâhi, Andreas, Obuch, Reiter, Ševčík, Uhrin, Vallo & Ashrafi (2012:301) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/25233)
  10. Krištofík & Danko (2012:168) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57964)
  11. Gippoliti (2013:15) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/25250)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14123) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14123) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  14. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:975) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  15. Meinig, Boye, Dähne, Hutterer & Lang (2020:22) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/70294)
  16. Kafash, Ashrafi & Yousefi (2021:1548) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58557)
  17. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005375) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  18. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14123/22053752) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Vespertilio ghidinii

(Fatio, 1902)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

ghidinii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MHNG 712.31

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

401

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9477331

Authority publication

Revue suisse de Zoologie

Name usages

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

Myotis Bechsteini favonicus

O. Thomas, 1906

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

favonicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.11.4.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/89158625-e582-4c50-9ba8-36b65f36a02c

Authority page

220

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51222887

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1906:220, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51222887) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19700)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Myotis bechsteini robustus

Topál, 1963

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

robustus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

HNHM V.63.346

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

146

Authority publication

Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici

Name usages

Rybář (1976:20) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68690)

Myotis bechsteini bechsteini

Rybář, 1976

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

bechsteini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

namecombination · incorrectsubsequent_spelling

Authority page

20

Authority publication

Zoologické Listy

Name usages

Rybář (1976:20) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68690)

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