Myotis siligorensis

(Horsfield, 1855)

Himalayan Whiskered 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

Horsfield, T. 1855-08-01. Brief notices of several new or little-known species of mammalia, lately discovered and collected in Nepal, by Brian Houghton Hodgson, Esq. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (2)16(92):101-114.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18661013

Original name as described

Vespertilio siligorensis

Other common names

Himalayan Whiskered Bat · Siliguri Bat · Small-toothed Myotis

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1879.11.21.125

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4825d9cb-1502-4a77-ae1c-044d93f755ae

Type locality

Siligori, Nepal.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya · Palearctic

Country distribution

India · Nepal · Bhutan? · Myanmar

Taxonomy notes

previously included M. alticraniatus (including thaianus) and M. sowerbyi

Taxonomy notes citation

Ruedi, M., Csorba, G., Lin, L. K., & Chou, C. H. (2015). Molecular phylogeny and morphological revision of Myotis bats (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from Taiwan and adjacent China. Zootaxa, 3920(1), 301-342. · Ruedi, M., Saikia, U., Thabah, A., Görföl, T., Thapa, S., & Csorba, G. (2021). Molecular and morphological revision of small Myotinae from the Himalayas shed new light on the poorly known genus Submyotodon (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Mammalian Biology, 101(4), 465-480.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005473

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 siligorensis

(Horsfield, 1855)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

siligorensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1879.11.21.125

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4825d9cb-1502-4a77-ae1c-044d93f755ae

Authority page

102

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18661013

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Myotis siligorensis

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

siligorensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

66

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:66) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:191, 192) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Smith & Xie (2008:380) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:966) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005473) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14203/22064839) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

darjilingensis

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

darjilingensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

516

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Simmons (2005:516) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Myotis siligorensis siligorensis

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

siligorensis

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 (2019:966) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Vespertilio darjelingensis

(Horsfield, 1855)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

darjelingensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

102

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18661013

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Vespertilio Darjelingensis

(Horsfield, 1857)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

darjelingensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

subsequent_usage

Authority page

394

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12860968

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Vespertilio seligorensis

(J. E. Gray, 1863)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

seligorensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

2

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

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