Nyctalus lasiopterus

(von Schreber in E. A. W. von Zimmermann, 1780)

Greater 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

Zimmermann, E.A.W. von. 1780. Geographische Geschichte des Menschen, und der vierfüßigen Thiere. Zweiter Band. Weygandsche Buchhandlung, Leipzig, 432 pp.

Authority publication link

https://publikationsserver.tu-braunschweig.de/receive/dbbs_mods_00021827

Original name as described

Vespertilio lasiopterus

Other common names

Giant Noctule · Greater Noctule Bat

Type locality

?Pisa (uncertain), northern Italy.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Morocco · Algeria? · Libya · Portugal · Spain · France · Germany? · Czech Republic? · Italy · Switzerland · Slovenia · Croatia · Greece · North Macedonia? · Moldova? · Turkey · Bulgaria · Romania · Albania · Hungary · Slovakia · Poland · Ukraine · Belarus · Cyprus · Russia · Georgia · Azerbaijan · Iran · Kazakhstan · Uzbekistan? · Turkmenistan?

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005604

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.

Vesperugo noctula var. maxima

(Fatio, 1869)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

maximus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MHNG 597.34, MHNG 712.29, MHNG 713.19

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

57

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15596544

Authority publication

Genève

Name usages

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

Nyctalus lasiopterus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

lasiopterus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

68

Authority publication

London

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. Mayer, Dietz & Kiefer (2007:2) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1655)
  5. Happold & Happold (2013:590) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  6. Benda, Spitzenberger, Hanák, Andreas, Reiter, Ševčík, Šmíd & Uhrin (2014:86) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/25234)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14918) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14918) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:766) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005604) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14918/22015318) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Vespertilio lasiopterus

(von Schreber in E. A. W. von Zimmermann, 1780)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

lasiopterus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

412

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Fischer (1814:xix, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130080) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)

Vespertilio ferrugineus

(Brehm, 1827)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

ferrugineus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

26

Authority publication

Ornis

Name usages

  1. Temminck (1840:252) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59644)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Vespertilio noctula var. sicula

(Minà-Palumbo, 1868)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

siculus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

13

Authority publication

Palermo

Name usages

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

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