Histiotus alienus

O. Thomas, 1916

Strange Big-eared Brown Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1916-03-01. Notes on bats of the genus Histiotus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)17(99):272-276.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15612446

Original name as described

Histiotus alienus

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1909.11.19.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a366e8c3-d59d-42ba-b80b-d5aa0179aee1

Type locality

"Joinville, Santa Catherina [= Catarina]," Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

Taxonomy notes citation

Cláudio, V. C., Almeida, B., Novaes, R. L., Navarro, M. A., Tiepolo, L. M., & Moratelli, R. (2023). Rediscovery of Histiotusalienus Thomas, 1916 a century after its description (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae): distribution extension and redescription. ZooKeys, 1174, 273.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005553

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.

Histiotus alienus

O. Thomas, 1916

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

alienus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1909.11.19.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a366e8c3-d59d-42ba-b80b-d5aa0179aee1

Authority page

276

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15612446

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

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 #10200) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10200) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:842) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Cláudio, Novaes, Gardner, Nogueira, Wilson, Maldonado, Oliveira & Moratelli (2023:16) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62645)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005553) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10200/22098611) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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