Myotis longipes

(Dobson, 1873)

Kashmir Cave 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

Dobson, G.E. 1873. On the Genera Murina and Harpyiocephalus of Gray. Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 1873:107-110.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10283825

Original name as described

Vespertilio longipes

Other common names

Kashmir Cave Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1876.3.10.4, ZSI 15588

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

"caves of Bhima Devi, in Kashmir [India], at an elevation of 6000 feet [= 1829 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya · Palearctic

Country distribution

Afghanistan · Pakistan · India · Nepal · China? · Laos?

Taxonomy notes

includes csorbai 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

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005431

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 macropus

(Dobson, 1872)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

macropus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1876.3.10.4, ZSI 15588

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

209

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36180072

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

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

Vespertilio longipes

(Dobson, 1873)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

longipes

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1876.3.10.4, ZSI 15588

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

110

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10283825

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Vespertilio megalopus

(Dobson, 1875)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

megalopus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1873.4.16.1

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

261

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25128143

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Myotis megalopus

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

megalopus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

91

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782181

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:91, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782181) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

Myotis longipes

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

longipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

65

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:65) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:188, 189) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:73) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Koopman (1993:212) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  5. Koopman (1994:108) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  6. Bates & Harrison (1997:130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27903)
  7. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  8. Smith & Xie (2008:378) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  9. Benda & Gaisler (2015:331) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/29223)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14175) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14175) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  12. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:965) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  13. Kumar, Sharma & Khan (2022:7) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66220)
  14. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005431) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  15. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14175/22056206) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Myotis csorbai

Topál, 1997

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

csorbai

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

HNHM 97.2.4

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

377

Authority publication

Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #29420) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #29420) (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/29420/22070788) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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