Nyctalus noctula

(von Schreber, 1774)

Common 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

Schreber, J.C.D. von. 1774. pl. 52. P. pl. 52 in Schreber, J.C.D. von. 1774-1855. Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, mit Beschreibungen. Walther, Erlangen.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31060098

Original name as described

Vespertilio noctula

Other common names

Noctule · Noctule Bat

Type locality

France.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

United Kingdom · Morocco? · Spain · France · Belgium · Luxembourg · Netherlands · Germany · Denmark · Norway · Sweden · Finland · Switzerland · Liechtenstein · Austria · Italy · Malta · Czech Republic · Poland · Slovakia · Hungary · Slovenia · Croatia · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Serbia · Kosovo · Montenegro · Albania · North Macedonia · Greece · Bulgaria · Romania · Moldova · Ukraine · Belarus · Lithuania · Latvia · Estonia · Russia · Georgia · Armenia · Azerbaijan · Turkey · Cyprus · Lebanon · Israel · Oman · Iran · Iraq? · Kazakhstan · Turkmenistan · Uzbekistan · Tajikistan · Kyrgyzstan · China

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005607

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Known distribution is shown in green and predicted distribution is in yellow. 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 noctula

(von Schreber, 1774)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

noctula

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

pl. 52

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31060098

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:146, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872943) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Zimmermann (1783:160) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  3. Boddaert (1785:69, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230033) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
  4. Gmelin (1788:48, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751268) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  5. Kerr (1792:95, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  6. Borkhausen (1797:82, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38962590) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59275)
  7. Cuvier (1797:105, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637187) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)
  8. Shaw (1800:130, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41150811) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37615)
  9. Daudin (1802:188, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033438) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  10. Turton (1802:25, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772862) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  11. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803:52) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19153)
  12. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1806:193, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29407863) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66103)
  13. Goldfuss (1809:101, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497935) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  14. Fischer (1814:xix, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130080) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  15. Illiger (1815:63, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080919) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  16. Wiedemann (1818:159, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14282568) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69431)
  17. Muirhead (1819:408) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
  18. Nilsson (1820:335) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69318)
  19. Ranzani (1820:205, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27807785) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69425)
  20. Goldfuss (1820:458) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41309)
  21. Desmarest (1821:136, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523900) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
  22. Billberg (1827:25) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67228)
  23. Lesson (1827:88, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207556) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  24. Fischer (1829:102) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  25. Eichwald (1831:384, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35753049) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67585)
  26. Baillon (1834:49, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34171223) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67511)
  27. S.D.W. (1836:69, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2508318) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43690)
  28. Nordmann (1839:11, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63252057) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69245)
  29. Temminck (1840:169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59644)
  30. Blyth (1840:74 (footnote), https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49918288) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67419)
  31. Blainville (1840:101, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57991261) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37123)
  32. Cuvier (1842:2, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  33. Smith (1842:135) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  34. Crespon (1844:21, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52795621) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38970)
  35. Schinz (1844:155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36043)
  36. Gervais (1849:214, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57438731) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60636)
  37. Satunin (1906:104, 280, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58456310, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58456486) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69040)

Vespertilio lardarius

(P. L. S. Müller, 1776)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

lardarius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

15

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51217684

Authority publication

Nuremberg

Name usages

  1. Müller (1776:15, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51217684) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38532)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Vespertilio altivolans

(G. White, 1789)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

altivolans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

93

Authority publication

book

Name usages

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

Vespertilio magnus

(J. Berkenhout, 1789)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

magnus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

1

Authority publication

book

Name usages

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

Vespertilio major

(Leach, 1816)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

major

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

5

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

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

Vespertilio proterus

(Kuhl, 1817)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

proterus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

33

Authority publication

Hanau

Name usages

  1. Hemprich (1820:47) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69417)
  2. Schinz (1821:174, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528931) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  3. Boie (1823:966, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13257197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68425)
  4. Melchior (1834:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68789)
  5. Schinz (1837:11, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13859881) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67792)
  6. Pavlinov & Rossolimo (1998:25) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/13108)
  7. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Vespertilio rufescens

(A. E. Brehm, 1829)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

rufescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

643

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27011888

Authority publication

Isis von Oken

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1836:72, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62814783) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61467)
  2. Lesson (1842:25) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Scotophilus Noctula

(J. E. Gray, 1838)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

noctula

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

497

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40026400

Authority publication

Magazine of Zoology and Botany

Name usages

  1. Gray (1838:497, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40026400) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34750)
  2. Murray (1866:348, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580344) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Vesperugo Noctula

(von Keyserling & J. H. Blasius, 1839)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

noctula

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

317

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24904228

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

  1. Keyserling & Blasius (1839:317, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24904228) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/56536)
  2. Eversmann (1845:516, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44165392) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67664)
  3. Heuglin (1877:32, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36876363) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66584)
  4. Wallace (1880:366) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68070)
  5. Elera (1895:10, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38853920) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68680)
  6. Schulze (1897:94) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60594)
  7. Seabra (1900:25) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68460)
  8. Acloque (1900:35) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59737)

Vespertilio noctule

(de Blainville, 1840)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

noctule

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

102

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57991262

Authority publication

Ostéographie

Name usages

Blainville (1840:102, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57991262) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37123)

Vespertilio noctilio

(C. H. Smith, 1842)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

noctilio

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

136

Authority page URI

https://books.google.com/books?id=DvE_AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA136

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Smith (1842:136, https://books.google.com/books?id=DvE_AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA136) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)

Pipistrellus noctula

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

noctula

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

28

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:28) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Vespertilio palustris

(Crespon, 1844)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

palustris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

22

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52795622

Authority publication

Nîmes

Name usages

  1. Crespon (1844:22, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52795622) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38970)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Vespirugo Noctula

(Eversmann, 1845)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

noctula

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

490

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44165366

Authority publication

Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou

Name usages

Eversmann (1845:490, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44165366) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67664)

Vesperugo macuanus

(W. C. H. Peters, 1851)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

macuanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 3041

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

758

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11056772

Authority publication

Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Noctulinia noctula

(E. Blyth, 1852)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

noctula

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

343

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40265059

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

  1. Blyth (1852:343, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40265059) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69216)
  2. Blyth (1863:30, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534710) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  3. Jerdon (1867:36, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37299675) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68353)
  4. Fitzinger (1870:211, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6704622) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37105)

Vespertilio macuanus

(W. C. H. Peters, 1852)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

macuanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

61

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Peters (1852:61) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61421)
  2. Murray (1866:349, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580345) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Pipistrella noctula

(Loche, 1858)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

noctula

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

16

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41949436

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Loche (1858:16, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41949436) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60564)
  2. Loche (1867:75) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68800)

Vesperugo noctula var. minima

(Fatio, 1869)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

minimus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MHNG 722.45a, MHNG 722.45b

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

58

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15596545

Authority publication

Genève

Name usages

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

Noctulinia macuana

(Fitzinger, 1870)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

macuanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

225

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6704636

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Fitzinger (1870:225, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6704636) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37105)

Nyctalus noctula

G. S. Miller, 1912

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

noctula

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

245

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8421564

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

  1. Miller (1912:245, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8421564) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5948)
  2. Ognëv (1913:20, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14956373) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36183)
  3. Bianchi (1918:213, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8482828) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67313)
  4. Bobrinskiy (1925:350) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68873)
  5. Stroganov (1936:139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68951)
  6. Kurtén (1968:57) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5363)
  7. Corbet & Hill (1980:68) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  8. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:193) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  9. Corbet & Hill (1991:77) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  10. Koopman (1993:217) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  11. Koopman (1994:118) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  12. Bates & Harrison (1997:189) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27903)
  13. Pavlinov & Rossolimo (1998:25) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/13108)
  14. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  15. Mayer, Dietz & Kiefer (2007:2) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1655)
  16. Smith & Xie (2008:361) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  17. Benda, Faizolâhi, Andreas, Obuch, Reiter, Ševčík, Uhrin, Vallo & Ashrafi (2012:450) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/25233)
  18. Gippoliti (2013:15) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/25250)
  19. Benda & Gaisler (2015:378) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/29223)
  20. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14920) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  21. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14920) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  22. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:766) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  23. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005607) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  24. Benda, Ševčík, Horáček, Uvizl, Reiter & Uhrin (2024:139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69082)
  25. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14920/22015682) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Nyctalus noctula princeps

Ognev & Vorob'yev, 1923

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

princeps

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-94125

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-94125

Authority page

97

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

  1. Bobrinskiy (1925:350) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68873)
  2. Pavlinov & Rossolimo (1998:25) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/13108)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Nyctalus noctula meklenburzevi

Kuzyakin, 1934

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

meklenburzevi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-6817

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-6817

Authority page

323, 329

Authority publication

Бюллетень Московского общества испытателей природы

Nyctalus noctula noctula

Stroganov, 1936

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

noctula

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

139

Authority publication

Зоологический Журнал

Name usages

  1. Stroganov (1936:139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68951)
  2. Koopman (1994:118) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:766) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Nyctalus noctula lebanoticus

D. L. Harrison, 1962

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

lebanoticus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1961.406

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3a42bba9-a1d2-4fa7-9f3d-be1552a86e7e

Authority page

337

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Koopman (1994:118) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:766) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

N. n. mecklenburzevi

Koopman, 1994

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

mecklenburzevi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

118

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Koopman (1994:118) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  2. Pavlinov & Rossolimo (1998:25) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/13108)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Smith & Xie (2008:361) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:766) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Nyctalus noctule

A. Kumar, G. Sharma, & I. A. Khan, 2022

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

noctule

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

7

Authority publication

Records of the Zoological Survey of India

Name usages

Kumar, Sharma & Khan (2022:7) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66220)

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