Myotis welwitschii

(J. E. Gray, 1866)

Welwitsch'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

Gray, J.E. 1866-09. Notice of a new bat (_Scotophilus welwitschii_) from Angola. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866(2):211.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28627683

Original name as described

Scotophilus welwitschii

Other common names

Welwitsch's Bat · Welwitsch's Hairy Bat · Welwitsch's Mouse-eared Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1866.4.12.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/35dd7a22-42b5-48e4-b05c-27b3d690eaeb

Type locality

"Angola."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

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

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005485

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.

Scotophilus welwitschii

(J. E. Gray, 1866)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

welwitschii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1866.4.12.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/35dd7a22-42b5-48e4-b05c-27b3d690eaeb

Authority page

211

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28627683

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Vespertilio venustus

(Matschie, 1899)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

venustus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 54653

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

74

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8791442

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Myotis welwitschi

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

welwitschi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

66

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:66) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Myotis welwitschii

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

welwitschii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

192

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:192) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Happold & Happold (2013:708) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14211) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14211) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:951) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005485) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14211/22068792) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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