Myotis tricolor

(Smuts, 1832)

Temminck's 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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Smuts, J. 1832. Dissertatio zoologica, enumerationem mammalium capensium continens. J. C. Cyfveer, Leiden, 108 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43088796

Original name as described

Vespertilio tricolor

Other common names

Cape Hairy Bat · Cape Myotis · Temminck's Hairy Bat · Temminck's Mouse-eared Bat · Three-colored Bat

Type material

RMNH.MAM.35899

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35899

Type locality

Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Liberia · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Ethiopia · Kenya · Uganda · Rwanda · Burundi? · Angola? · Tanzania · Zambia · Malawi · Mozambique · Zimbabwe · South Africa · Eswatini · Lesotho?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005479

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 tricolor

(Smuts, 1832)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

tricolor

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.35899

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35899

Authority page

106

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43088796

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

  1. Temminck (1840:207) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59644)
  2. Schinz (1844:164) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36043)

Pipistrellus tricolor

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

tricolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

29

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:29) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Myotis tricolor

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

tricolor

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 (1982:192) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Monadjem, Schoeman, Reside, Pio, Stoffberg, Bayliss, Cotterill, Curran, Kopp & Taylor (2010:384) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1775)
  5. Happold & Happold (2013:706) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14207) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14207) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:951) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005479) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14207/22063832) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Eptesicus loveni

(Granvik, 1924)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

loveni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

12

Authority publication

Acta Universitatis Lundensis

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:69) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

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