Myotis myotis

(Borkhausen, 1797)

Greater 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

Borkhausen, M.B. 1797-09-30. Deutsche Fauna, oder kurzgefaßte Naturgeschichte der Thiere Deutschlands. Erster Theil. Säugthiere und Vögel. Varrentrapp und Werner, Frankfurt am Main, 620 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38962588

Original name as described

Vespertilio Myotis

Other common names

Greater Mouse-eared Bat · Large Mouse-eared Bat · Mouse-eared Bat · Mouse-eared Myotis

Type locality

Thuringia, Germany.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Portugal · Spain · France · Netherlands · Belgium · Luxembourg · Germany · Switzerland · Liechtenstein · Italy · Austria · Slovakia · Czech Republic · Poland · Hungary · Slovenia · Croatia · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Albania · Montenegro · Serbia · Kosovo · North Macedonia · Greece · Bulgaria · Romania · Moldova · Ukraine · Turkey · Syria · Lebanon · Israel

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005443

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 myotis macrocephalicus

D. L. Harrison & Lewis, 1961

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

macrocephalicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1961.403

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

373

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:977) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Myotis murinus var. alpinus

C. Koch, 1863

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

alpinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF:MAMM:4204

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

415

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61512854

Authority publication

Jahrbücher des Vereins für Naturkunde im Herzogthum Nassau

Name usages

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

Myotis myosotis

Bianchi, 1922

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

myosotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

210

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8482825

Authority publication

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

Name usages

Bianchi (1922:210, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8482825) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67313)

Myotis myotis

Bianchi, 1922

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

myotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

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 (1980:65) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:189) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  5. Mayer, Dietz & Kiefer (2007:2) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1655)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14133) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14133) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:977) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005443) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14133/22051759) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Myotis myotis myotis

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

myotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:977) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Myotis murinus

E. Blyth, 1863

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

murinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

35

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534705

Authority publication

Calcutta

Name usages

Blyth (1863:35, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534705) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)

Vespertilio murinus

(von Schreber, 1774)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

murinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

pl. 51

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31060096

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Vespertilio myosotis

(André, 1797)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

myosotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

46

Authority publication

Eisenach

Name usages

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

Vespertilio Myotis

(Borkhausen, 1797)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

myotis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

80

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38962588

Authority publication

Frankfurt am Main

Vespertilio submurinus

(Brehm, 1827)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

submurinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

23

Authority publication

Ornis

Name usages

  1. Temminck (1840:251) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59644)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Myotis murinus var. typus

C. Koch, 1863

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

typus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

415

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61512854

Authority publication

Jahrbücher des Vereins für Naturkunde im Herzogthum Nassau

Name usages

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

Myotis murina spelaea

Bielz, 1886

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

spelaeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

83

Authority publication

Verhandlungen und Mitteilungen der Siebenbürgischen Verein für Naturwissenschaften in Hermannstadt

Name usages

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

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