Nyctalus aviator

O. Thomas, 1911

Bird-like Noctule

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1911-08-29. Two new eastern bats. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)8(45):378-380.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22099043

Original name as described

Nyctalus aviator

Other common names

Japanese Large Noctule

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1905.1.4.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2353a09a-2c63-4c82-ad6f-23492c912c48

Type locality

"Tokyo, Hondo [= Honshu], Japan."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China · North Korea · South Korea · Russia? · Japan

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005601

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.

Nyctalus aviator

O. Thomas, 1911

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

aviator

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1905.1.4.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2353a09a-2c63-4c82-ad6f-23492c912c48

Authority page

380

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22099043

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:68) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:193) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Smith & Xie (2008:361) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14921) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14921) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:765) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005601) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14921/22016483) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Vespertilio molossus

(Temminck, 1840)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

molossus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

269

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

  1. Temminck (1840:269) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59644)
  2. Lesson (1842:25) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Temminck (1843:15, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53607656) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38350)
  4. Schinz (1844:167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36043)
  5. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

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