Scotozous dormeri

Dobson, 1875

Dormer's Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Dobson, G.E. 1875-10. On the genus Scotophilus, with description of a new genus and species allied thereto. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1875(3):368-373.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28501602

Original name as described

Scotozous dormeri

Other common names

Dormer's Pipistrelle

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1865.5.20.3

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Bellary Hills [Mysore], Southern India."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Pakistan · India · Nepal · Bangladesh · Bhutan?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005647

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.

Scotozous dormeri

Dobson, 1875

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

dormeri

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1865.5.20.3

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

373

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28501602

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:68) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:434) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #17338) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #17338) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:764) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005647) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/17338/22129897) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Scotozous dormeri caurinus

O. Thomas, 1915

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

caurinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1913.8.8.32

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/45f65fcd-6568-4507-b908-4c300d6046e7

Authority page

33

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30151556

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

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

Pipistrellus dormeri

(Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

dormeri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

197

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

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