Submyotodon caliginosus

(Tomes, 1859)

Himalayan Broad-muzzled Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Tomes, R.F. 1859-06. Description of six hitherto undescribed species of bats. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1859(1):68-79.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32274479

Original name as described

Vespertilio caliginosus

Other common names

Mustached Myotis

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1907.1.1.512

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1e8d9d8a-c037-4664-97d4-9872ceb88096

Type locality

India.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Afghanistan · Pakistan · India · China? · Nepal?

Taxonomy notes

split from Myotis muricola; includes blanfordi tentatively; moved from Myotis to Submyotodon

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. · Csorba, G., Lin, L.-K., Chou, C.-H., Ruedi, M. 2015. Molecular phylogeny and morphological revision of Myotis bats (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from Taiwan and adjacent China. Zootaxa 3920(2). doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3920.2.6. · 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

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005489

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 caliginosus

(Tomes, 1859)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

caliginosus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.1.1.512

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1e8d9d8a-c037-4664-97d4-9872ceb88096

Authority page

73

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32274479

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Peters (1866:401, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39052963) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67071)
  2. Murray (1866:349, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580345) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  3. Jerdon (1867:44, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37299691) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68353)

Vespertilio Blanfordi

(Dobson, 1871)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

blanfordi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 4373, ZMB 4717, ZSI 15584, ZSI 15585

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

214

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12393596

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

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

M. m. caliginosus

(Koopman, 1994)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

caliginosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

104

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Koopman (1994:104) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Smith & Xie (2008:379) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Submyotodon caliginosus

Benda & Gaisler, 2015

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

caliginosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

334

Authority publication

Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae

Name usages

  1. Benda & Gaisler (2015:334) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/29223)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000801) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000801) (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/1005489) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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