Plecotus homochrous

Hodgson, 1847

Himalayan 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

Hodgson, B.H. 1847. On a new species of Plecotus. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 16(2):894-896.

Original name as described

Plecotus homochrous

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1854.9.1.1

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Nepal.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Pakistan · India · Nepal · China · Vietnam

Taxonomy notes

split from P. auritus

Taxonomy notes citation

Spitzenberger, F., Strelkov, P. P., Winkler, H., & Haring, E. (2006). A preliminary revision of the genus Plecotus (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) based on genetic and morphological results. Zoologica Scripta, 35(3), 187-230.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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