Perimyotis subflavus

(F. Cuvier, 1832)

Tricolored Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Cuvier, F. 1832. Essai de classification naturelle des vespertilions, et description de plusieurs espèces de ce genre. Nouvelles annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle 1:1-21.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33122264

Original name as described

Vespertilio subflavus

Other common names

Eastern Pipistrelle

Type material

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"De Géorgia [= Georgia, USA]."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

Canada · United States · Mexico · Belize · Guatemala · Honduras

Subregion distribution

USA(TX,OK,KS,NE,IA,MN,WI,MI,IL,IN,OH,MO,AR,LA,MS,TN,KY,AL,GA,FL,NC,SC,VA,WV,DC,DE,MD,NJ,PA,NY,CT,RI,MA,VT,NH,ME)

Taxonomy notes

moved from Pipistrelles to Perimyotis

Taxonomy notes citation

Hoofer, S. R., Van Den Bussche, R. A., & Horáček, I. (2006). Generic status of the American pipistrelles (Vespertilionidae) with description of a new genus. Journal of mammalogy, 87(5), 981-992.

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005596

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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.

Vespertilio subflavus

(F. Cuvier, 1832)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

subflavus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

17

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33122264

Authority publication

Nouvelles annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1836:90, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62814765) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61467)
  2. Temminck (1840:260) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59644)
  3. Lesson (1842:25) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  4. Schinz (1844:183) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36043)
  5. Murray (1866:350, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580346) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  6. Fitzinger (1871:251, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36317364) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67513)

Vespertilio erythrodactylus

(Temminck, 1840)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

erythrodactylus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

238

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

  1. Temminck (1840:238) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59644)
  2. Lesson (1842:25) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Schinz (1844:179) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36043)
  4. Murray (1866:349, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580345) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  5. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Vespertilio monticola

(Audubon & Bachman, 1841)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

monticola

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

92

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1779194

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

  1. Schinz (1844:190) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36043)
  2. Fitzinger (1871:254, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36317367) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67513)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Scotophilus georgianus

(H. Allen, 1864)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

georgianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

35

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8817097

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

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

Vesperugo erythrodactylus

(Fitzinger, 1870)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

erythrodactylus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

309

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6704720

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Fitzinger (1870:309, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6704720) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37105)

Vesperugo georgianus

(F. W. True, 1885)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

georgianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

602

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306396

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

True (1885:602, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306396) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)

Vesperugo veraecrucis

(H. L. Ward, 1891)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

veraecrucis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

CNMA 9243

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

745

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41208269

Authority publication

The American Naturalist

Pipistrellus subflavus obscurus

(G. S. Miller, 1897)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

obscurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:67723

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3c804f047-bd13-4411-90a9-77ba6aecd54e

Authority page

93

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45540584

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Miller (1897:93, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45540584) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14569)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Pipistrellus subflavus

(G. S. Miller, 1897)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

subflavus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

90

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45540581

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Miller (1897:90, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45540581) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14569)
  2. Bangs (1898:215, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56756061) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20629)
  3. Bailey (1905:211, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25801874) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14873)
  4. Harper (1927:271) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67783)
  5. Necker & Hatfield (1941:45) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69510)
  6. Corbet & Hill (1980:68) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  7. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:200) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  8. Corbet & Hill (1991:75) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  9. Koopman (1993:224) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  10. Koopman (1994:112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  11. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Pipistrellus veræcrucis

(G. S. Miller, 1897)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

veraecrucis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

93

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45540584

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Miller (1897:93, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45540584) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14569)

Pipistrellus subflavus subflavus

(Harper, 1927)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

subflavus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

271

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Harper (1927:271) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67783)
  2. Necker & Hatfield (1941:45) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69510)
  3. Koopman (1994:112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  4. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Pipistrellus subflavus veracrucis

(E. R. Hall & Dalquest, 1950)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

veracrucis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

601

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2807520

Authority publication

University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History

Pipistrellus subflavus clarus

(R. H. Baker, 1954)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

clarus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

KU:M:48270

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/ku/kum?id=92129c1d-1ed8-11e3-bfac-90b11c41863e

Authority page

585

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2993031

Authority publication

University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Koopman (1994:112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Pipistrellus subflavus floridanus

(W. H. Davis, 1957)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

floridanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-163884

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-163884

Authority page

213

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34647704

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Koopman (1994:112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Perimyotis subflavus

Menu, 1984

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

subflavus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

415

Authority publication

Mammalia

Name usages

  1. Menu (1984:415) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1922)
  2. Hoofer & Van Den Bussche (2003:38) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1645)
  3. Bradley, Ammerman, Baker, Bradley, Cook, Dowler, Jones, Schmidly, Stangl, Van Den Bussche & Würsig (2014:11, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57785987) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19157)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000363) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000363) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:855) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Martínez-Fonseca, Trujillo, Westeen, Reid, Hood, Fernández-Mena, Gutiérrez-López, Molina-Loza & Chambers (2024:716) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67553)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005596) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:18) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/17366/22123514) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

P. s. veraecrucis

(Koopman, 1994)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

veraecrucis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

112

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Koopman (1994:112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Perimyotis subflavus clarus

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

clarus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

855

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:855) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Perimyotis subflavus floridanus

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

floridanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

855

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:855) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Perimyotis subflavus subflavus

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

subflavus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

855

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:855) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Perimyotis subflavus veraecrucis

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

veraecrucis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

855

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:855) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

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