Histiotus macrotus

(Poeppig, 1835)

Common 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

Poeppig, E.F. 1835. Reise in Chile, Peru und auf dem Amazonenstrome, während der Jahre 1827–1832. Erster Band. Friedrich Fleischer, Leipzig, 466 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/view/bsb10366733?page=1

Original name as described

Nycticeius macrotus

Other common names

Greater Leaf-eared Bat

Type locality

Antuco, Bío Bío, Chile.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Argentina · Chile

Taxonomy notes

previously included H. colombiae

Taxonomy notes citation

Rodríguez-Posada, M. E., Morales-Martínez, D. M., Ramírez-Chaves, H. E., Martínez-Medina, D., & Calderón-Acevedo, C. A. (2021). A new species of Long-eared Brown Bat of the genus Histiotus (Chiroptera) and the revalidation of Histiotus colombiae. Caldasia, 43(2).

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005557

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.

Nycticeius macrotus

(Poeppig, 1835)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

macrotus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

451 (footnote)

Authority publication

Leipzig

Nycticeus chilensis

(Lesson, 1836)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

chilensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

120

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62814735

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1836:120, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62814735) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61467)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Nycticejus chilensis

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

chilensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

22

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:22) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Nycticejus macrotis

(Gay, 1847)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

macrotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

38

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26256486

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Gay (1847:38, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26256486) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37640)

Nycticejus macrotus

(A. Murray, 1866)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

macrotus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

348

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580344

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Murray (1866:348, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580344) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Lasiurus macrotis

(Fitzinger, 1870)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

macrotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

413

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6704840

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Fitzinger (1870:413, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6704840) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37091)

Plecotus Poeppigii

(Fitzinger, 1872)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

poeppigii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

88

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8285116

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

  1. Fitzinger (1872:88, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8285116) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37106)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Vesperugo macrotus

(Lataste, 1892)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

macrotus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

86

Authority publication

Actes de la Société Scientifique de Chili

Name usages

Lataste (1892:86) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68451)

Histiotus macrotus

Matschie, 1898

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

macrotus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

9

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53241828

Authority publication

Hamburg

Name usages

  1. Matschie (1898:9, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53241828) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68995)
  2. Osgood (1943:57, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2778067) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5651)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:71) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:177) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1991:80) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  6. Koopman (1993:205) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  7. Koopman (1994:122) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  8. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000194) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000194) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  11. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:842) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  12. Cláudio, Novaes, Gardner, Nogueira, Wilson, Maldonado, Oliveira & Moratelli (2023:16) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62645)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005557) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  14. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10201/22098780) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

H. m. macrotus

Koopman, 1994

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

macrotus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

122

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Koopman (1994:122) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

Eptesicus macrotus

(D'Elía, Canto-Hernández, Ossa, Verde-Arregoitia, Bostelmann, Iriarte, Amador, Quiroga-Carmona, Hurtado, Cadenillas, & Valdez, 2020)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

macrotus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

74

Authority publication

Boletín del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Chile

Name usages

  1. D'Elía, Canto-Hernández, Ossa, Verde-Arregoitia, Bostelmann, Iriarte, Amador, Quiroga-Carmona, Hurtado, Cadenillas & Valdez (2020:74) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67620)
  2. Yi, Latch, Lim, Koroiva, Da Rocha & Feijó (2024:419) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68367)

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