Myotis rufoniger

(Tomes, 1858)

Reddish-black Myotis

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Vespertilionoidea
Family : Vespertilionidae
Subfamily : Myotinae
Genus : Myotis
Subgenus : Chrysopteron

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Tomes, R.F. 1858-01. On the characters of four species of bats inhabiting Europe and Asia, and the description of a new species of Vespertilio inhabiting Madagascar. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1858:78-90.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32271561

Original name as described

Vespertilio rufo-niger

Other common names

Black-winged Myotis

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1857.4.16.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7a717349-668b-41fa-9392-e5a4011effa8

Type locality

Shanghai, China.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya · Palearctic

Country distribution

North Korea · South Korea · Japan · China · Taiwan · Vietnam · Laos

Taxonomy notes

split from M. formosus

Taxonomy notes citation

Csorba, G., Chou, C. H., Ruedi, M., Görföl, T., Motokawa, M., Wiantoro, S., ... & Furey, N. (2014). The reds and the yellows: a review of Asian Chrysopteron Jentink, 1910 (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae: Myotis). Journal of Mammalogy, 95(4), 663-678.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005465

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 rufo-niger

(Tomes, 1858)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

rufoniger

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1857.4.16.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7a717349-668b-41fa-9392-e5a4011effa8

Authority page

79

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32271561

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Myotis tsuensis

Kuroda, 1922

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

tsuensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

Kuroda (unnumbered)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

43

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52845896

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Myotis chofukusei

Mori, 1928

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

chofukusei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

288

Authority publication

Zoological Magazine, Tokyo

Name usages

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

Myotis formosus rufoniger

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

rufoniger

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 (2008:376) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Myotis formosus tsuensis

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

tsuensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Myotis formosus watasei

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

watasei

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 (2008:376) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Myotis rufoniger

Csorba, Chou Chenghan, Ruedi, T. Görföl, Motokawa, Wiantoro, Vu Dinh Thong, Nguyen Truong Son, Lin Liangkong, & Furey, 2014

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

rufoniger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

672

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Csorba, Chou, Ruedi, Görföl, Motokawa, Wiantoro, Thong, Son, Lin & Furey (2014:672) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/18662)
  2. Ruedi, Csorba, Lin & Chou (2015:335) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/21775)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000622) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000622) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:951) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005465) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/85735909/85735913) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Myotis watasei

Kishida, 1924

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

watasei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

36

Authority publication

Zoological Magazine, Tokyo

Myotis formosus chofusukei

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

chofusukei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

146

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722447

Authority publication

London

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