Plecotus gaisleri

Benda, Kiefer, Hanák, & Veith, 2004

Gaisler's 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

Authority citation

Benda, P., Kiefer, A., Hanák, V. and Veith, M. 2004. Systematic status of African populations of long-eared bats, genus Plecotus (Mammalia: Chiroptera). Folia Zoologica 53(Monograph 1):1-47.

Authority publication link

https://www.ivb.cz/folia-zoologica/vol-53-monograph-1/

Original name as described

Plecotus teneriffae gaisleri

Other common names

Gaisler's Big-eared Bat

Type material

NMPr P6V-049911

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Central part of the Wadi Al Kuf (Jabal Akhdar Mts), ca. 8 km south-west of Massah, Al Jabal Al Akhdar Dist., Cyrenaica, north-eastern Libya, 32°42'N, 21°35'E; ca. 330 m a. s. l."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Morocco · Algeria · Tunisia · Libya · Malta · Italy

Taxonomy notes

recently described as a subspecies of P. teneriffae, but was recently elevated to species status

Taxonomy notes citation

Benda, P., Kiefer, A., Hanák, V., & Veith, M. (2004). Systematic status of African populations of long-eared bats, genus Plecotus (Mammalia: Chiroptera). Institute of Vertebrate Biology, 58(1), 1-47. · Mayer, F., Dietz, C., & Kiefer, A. (2007). Molecular species identification boosts bat diversity. Frontiers in zoology, 4, 4.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005666

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 teneriffae gaisleri

Benda, Kiefer, Hanák, & Veith, 2004

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

gaisleri

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMPr P6V-049911

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

28

Authority publication

Folia Zoologica

Plecotus gaisleri

F. Mayer, Dietz, & Kiefer, 2007

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

gaisleri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

2

Authority publication

Frontiers in Zoology

Name usages

  1. Mayer, Dietz & Kiefer (2007:2) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1655)
  2. Happold & Happold (2013:664) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  3. Benda, Spitzenberger, Hanák, Andreas, Reiter, Ševčík, Šmíd & Uhrin (2014:100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/25234)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000706) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000706) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:865) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005666) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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