Myotis rufopictus

(G. R. Waterhouse, 1845)

Orange-fingered 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

Waterhouse, G.R. 1845-04. Descriptions of species of Bats collectd in the Philippine Islands, and presented to the Society by H. Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1845:3-10.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862504

Original name as described

Vespertilio rufo-pictus

Other common names

Red-painted Myotis

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1907.1.1.533

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8146120b-9cc1-4855-9603-27d4803b6be8

Type locality

"Philippines."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Philippines

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

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005466

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-pictus

(G. R. Waterhouse, 1845)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

rufopictus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.1.1.533

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8146120b-9cc1-4855-9603-27d4803b6be8

Authority page

8

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862504

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Myotis rufopictus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

rufopictus

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. Csorba, Chou, Ruedi, Görföl, Motokawa, Wiantoro, Thong, Son, Lin & Furey (2014:674) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/18662)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136411) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136411) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:949) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005466) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136411/22017446) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Myotis formosus rufopictus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

rufopictus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

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