Plecotus balensis

Kruskop & Lavrenchenko, 2000

Ethiopian Long-eared Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Kruskop, S.V. and Lavrenchenko, L.A. 2000. A new species of long-eared bat (Plecotus; Vespertilionidae; Mammalia) from Ethiopia. Myotis 38:5-17.

Authority publication link

http://zmmu.msu.ru/bats/biblio/plbalen.pdf

Original name as described

Plecotus balensis

Other common names

Bale Long-eared Bat · Ethiopian Big-eared Bat

Type material

ZMMU S-164904

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-164904

Type locality

"Harenna Forest, Bale Mountains National Park, southern Ethiopia, 6°45' N, 39°44' E, 2760 m ASL."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Ethiopia

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005664

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.

Plecotus balensis

Kruskop & Lavrenchenko, 2000

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

balensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-164904

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-164904

Authority page

6

Authority publication

Myotis

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Spitzenberger, Strelkov, Winkler & Haring (2006:218) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1919)
  3. Happold & Happold (2013:661) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #44930) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #44930) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:866) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005664) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44930/22045794) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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