Plecotus macrobullaris

Kuzyakin, 1965

Alpine 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

Kuzyakin, A.P. 1965. Отряд рукокрылые. Ordo Chiroptera. Pp. 79–116 in Бобринский, Н.А., Кузнецов, Б.А. and Кузякин, А.П. (eds.). Определитель млекопитающих СССР. Просвещение, Moscow, 382 pp.

Authority publication link

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/pdf/kuzyakin65-2.pdf

Original name as described

Plecotus auritus macrobullaris

Other common names

Mountain Long-eared Bat

Type material

ZMMU S-47032, ZIN 87832

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

near Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia, Russia.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Spain · France · Switzerland · Austria · Liechtenstein · Italy · Slovenia · Croatia · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Montenegro · Kosovo · Albania · Greece · Russia · Georgia · Azerbaijan · Armenia · Turkey · Syria · Iran

Taxonomy notes

split from P. austriacus and includes alpinus

Taxonomy notes citation

Spitzenberger, F., Strelkov, P., & Haring, E. (2003). Morphology and mitochondrial DNA sequences show that Plecotus alpinus Kiefer & Veith, 2002 and Plecotus microdontus Spitzenberger, 2002 are synonyms of Plecotus macrobullaris Kuzjakin, 1965. Natura croatica, 12(2), 39.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005670

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 microdontus

Spitzenberger in Spitzenberger, Haring, & Tvrtković, 2002

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

microdontus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMW 34857

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

5

Authority publication

Natura Croatica

Name usages

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

Plecotus alpinus

Kiefer & Veith, 2001

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

alpinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZFMK:Mamm:2001.325

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

8

Authority publication

Myotis

Name usages

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

Plecotus auritus macrobullaris

Kuzyakin, 1965

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

macrobullaris

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-47032, ZIN 87832

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

99

Authority page URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/pdf/kuzyakin65-2.pdf

Authority publication

Moscow

Plecotus austriacus macrobullaris

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

macrobullaris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Plecotus macrobullaris

Spitzenberger, Strelkov, Winkler, & Haring, 2006

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

macrobullaris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

206

Authority publication

Zoologica Scripta

Name usages

  1. Spitzenberger, Strelkov, Winkler & Haring (2006:206) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1919)
  2. Mayer, Dietz & Kiefer (2007:2) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1655)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000710) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000710) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:869) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005670) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136229/22002229) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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