Scotomanes ornatus

(E. Blyth, 1851)

Harlequin Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Blyth, E. 1851. Notice of a collection of Mammalia, Birds, and Reptiles, procured at or near the station of Chérra Punji in the Khásia hills, north of Sylhet. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 20(6):517-524.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40260117

Original name as described

Nycticejus ornatus

Type locality

"Chérra Punji [= Cherrapunji]," East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya, India.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya · Palearctic

Country distribution

Nepal · India · Bangladesh · Myanmar · Thailand · Laos · Vietnam · China

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005564

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.

Scotomanes ornatus sinensis

O. Thomas, 1921

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

sinensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.9.3.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2e37e91b-335e-44b2-bef1-545daab367d2

Authority page

772

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30359441

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:367) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:837) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Scotomanes ornatus imbrensis

O. Thomas, 1921

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

imbrensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1920.11.1.78

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/cb38ca41-ccf8-44e5-9d61-b5a85a5fc619

Authority page

772

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30359441

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

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

Nycticejus emarginatus

(Dobson, 1871)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

emarginatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSI 15614

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

211

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12393593

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

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

Scotomanes emarginatus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

emarginatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

73

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:73) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:202, 203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Scotomanes ornatus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

ornatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

73

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:73) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Smith & Xie (2008:367) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20058) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20058) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:837) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005564) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20058/22025092) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Scotomanes ornatus ornatus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

ornatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:837) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Nycticejus ornatus

(E. Blyth, 1851)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

ornatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

517

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40260117

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

Blyth (1863:30, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534710) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)

Nycticejus ornatus

(E. Blyth, 1851)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

ornatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

159

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40259745

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Nycticejus nivicolus

(Horsfield, 1855)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

nivicolus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

104

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18661015

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

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