Myotis bechsteinii

(Kuhl, 1817)

Bechstein's 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

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://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005375

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 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

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

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 publication

Revue suisse de Zoologie

Name usages

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

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. Desmarest (1821:135, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523899) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
  2. Lesson (1827:88, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207556) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  3. Temminck (1840:184) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59644)
  4. Lesson (1842:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  5. Smith (1842:136) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  6. Schinz (1844:151) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36043)

Myotis bechsteini

Bianchi, 1922

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

bechsteini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

216

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8482831

Authority publication

Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie des Sciences de Russie

Name usages

  1. Bianchi (1922:216, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8482831) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67313)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:63) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:185) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Myotis bechsteinii

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

bechsteinii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Mayer, Dietz & Kiefer (2007:2) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1655)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14123) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14123) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:975) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005375) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14123/22053752) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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 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

Vespertilio bechsteini

(Acloque, 1900)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

bechsteini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

38

Authority publication

Paris

Myotis bechsteini intermedius

Rybár, 1976

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

intermedius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

13-26

Authority publication

Folia Zoologica

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