Myotis laniger

(W. C. H. Peters in Swinhoe, 1871)

Chinese Water 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

Swinhoe, R. 1871-04. Catalogue of the mammals of China (south of the river Yangtsze) and of the island of Formosa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1870(3):615-653.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28555479

Original name as described

Vespertilio laniger

Other common names

Chinese Water Bat · Chinese Myotis · Indochinese Myotis

Type material

ZMB 4146

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

Amoy, Fujian, China.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

India · China · Laos · Vietnam · Taiwan

Taxonomy notes

includes annamiticus based on low molecular divergence

Taxonomy notes citation

Ruedi, M., Saikia, U., Thabah, A., Görföl, T., Thapa, S., & Csorba, G. (2021). Molecular and morphological revision of small Myotinae from the Himalayas shed new light on the poorly known genus Submyotodon (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Mammalian Biology, 101(4), 465-480. · Csorba, G., & Furey, N. M. (2022). From greener times: a new species of Thick-thumbed Myotis from Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 68(1), 85-97. · Liu, T., Jia, J., Liu, L., Wang, J., Chen, W., Miao, G., ... & Feng, J. (2023). New Insights into the Taxonomy of Myotis Bats in China Based on Morphology and Multilocus Phylogeny. Diversity, 15(7), 805.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005426

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.

Vespertilio laniger

(W. C. H. Peters in Swinhoe, 1871)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

laniger

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 4146

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

617

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28555479

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

M. d. laniger

Koopman, 1994

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

laniger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

107

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Koopman (1994:107) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

Myotis annamiticus

Kruskop & K. A. Tsytsulina, 2001

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

annamiticus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-167123

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-167123

Authority page

65

Authority publication

Mammalia

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136279) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136279) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:965) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136279/22006224) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Myotis laniger

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

laniger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:378) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Ruedi, Csorba, Lin & Chou (2015:322) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/21775)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136429) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136429) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:964) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005426) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136429/21984685) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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