Myotis septentrionalis

(Trouessart, 1897)

Northern Myotis

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Trouessart, É.L. 1897. Fasciculus 1. Pp. 1–218 in Trouessart, É.L. Catalogus mammalium tam viventium quam fossilium. Tomus I. R. Friedländer & Sohn, Berlin, 664 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40404811

Original name as described

Vespertilio gryphus var. septentrionalis

Other common names

Northern Bat · Northern Long-eared Bat · Northern Long-eared Myotis

Type material

USNM:MAMM:8188 (= USNM:MAMM:A38663)

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/352645c27-6a6d-4103-a8e4-4b809d744b9a

Type locality

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Canada · United States

Subregion distribution

USA(ND,SD,MN,WI,MI,NE,IA,IL,IN,OH,MO,KS,AR,MS,AL,GA,SC,NC,TN,KY,VA,WV,MD,DC,DE,NJ,PA,NY,CT,RI,MA,VT,NH,ME)

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005470

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 gryphus var. septentrionalis

(Trouessart, 1897)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

septentrionalis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:8188 (= USNM:MAMM:A38663)

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/352645c27-6a6d-4103-a8e4-4b809d744b9a

Authority page

131

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40404811

Authority publication

Berlin

Myotis septentrionalis

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

septentrionalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14201) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14201) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:924) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005470) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:16) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14201/22064312) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Vespertilio subulatus

(F. W. True, 1885)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

subulatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

603

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306397

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

True (1885:603, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306397) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)

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