Hesperoptenus tickelli

(E. Blyth, 1851)

Tickell'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

Blyth, E. 1851. Report on the Mammalia and more remarkable species of birds inhabiting Ceylon. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 20:153-185.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40259743

Original name as described

Nycticejus Tickelli

Other common names

Tickell's Bat

Type material

ZSI 15650, ZSI 15651, ZSI 15652

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

India. Restricted by J. Anderson in 1881 to Chaibasa, Jharkhand, India.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

India · Sri Lanka · Andaman and Nicobar Islands · Nepal · Bhutan · Bangladesh · Myanmar · Thailand · Laos · Vietnam · Cambodia · China?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005551

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.

Nycticejus isabellinus

(Horsfield, 1851)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

isabellinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1860.5.4.12

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c65e6a06-9944-4387-82cd-dfa73386f18a

Authority page

38

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23832316

Authority publication

London

Name usages

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

Nycticejus Tickelli

(E. Blyth, 1851)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

tickelli

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSI 15650, ZSI 15651, ZSI 15652

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

157

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40259743

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

  1. Kelaart (1852:24, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52257267) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38608)
  2. Blyth (1863:31, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534709) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)

Hesperoptenus tickelli

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

tickelli

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. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #9978) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #9978) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:835) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005551) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9978/22075896) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Nycticejus Isabellinus

(Kelaart, 1850)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

isabellinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

204

Authority publication

Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society

Name usages

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

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