Myotis punicus

Felten in Felten, Spitzenberger, & Storch, 1977

Maghreb 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

Felten, H., Spitzenberger, F. and Storch, G. 1977-08-22. Zur Kleinsäugerfauna West-Anatoliens. Teil IIIa. Senckenbergiana biologica 58(1-2):1-44.

Original name as described

Myotis blythii punicus

Other common names

Felten's Myotis · Maghreb Mouse-eared Bat · Maghrebian Myotis

Type material

SMF:MAMM:44104

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Höhle [= Cave] El Haouaria, Cap [= Cape] Bon, Tunesien [= Tunisia]," north-central Africa.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

France · Italy · Malta · Morocco · Algeria · Tunisia · Libya

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005460

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 blythii punicus

Felten in Felten, Spitzenberger, & Storch, 1977

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

punicus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF:MAMM:44104

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

39

Authority publication

Senckenbergiana biologica

Myotis punicus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

punicus

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. Happold & Happold (2013:703) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  4. Benda, Spitzenberger, Hanák, Andreas, Reiter, Ševčík, Šmíd & Uhrin (2014:37) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/25234)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #44864) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #44864) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:978) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005460) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44864/22073410) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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