Hesperoptenus blanfordi

(Dobson, 1877)

Blanford's False Serotine

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Vespertilionoidea
Family : Vespertilionidae
Subfamily : Vespertilioninae
Tribe : Eptesicini
Genus : Hesperoptenus
Subgenus : Milithronycteris

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Dobson, G.E. 1877. Notes on a collection of Chiroptera from India and Burma, with descriptions of new species. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 46(3):310-313.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35548400

Original name as described

Vesperugo (Hesperoptenus) Blanfordi

Other common names

Blanford's Bat · Least False Serotine

Type material

ZSI 15593

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Tenasserim," Myanmar.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Myanmar · Thailand · Laos · Cambodia · Vietnam · Malaysia · Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005548

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.

Vesperugo (Hesperoptenus) Blanfordi

(Dobson, 1877)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

blanfordi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSI 15593

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

312

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35548400

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Hesperoptenus blanfordi

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

blanfordi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

71

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:71) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:177) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:77) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Koopman (1993:204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  5. Koopman (1994:123) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  6. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #9975) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #9975) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:835) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005548) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9975/22076582) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Hesperoptenus blandfordi

O'Brien, Menninger, & W. G. Nash, 2006

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

blandfordi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

435

Authority publication

Hoboken

Name usages

O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:435) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)

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