Plecotus sardus

Mucedda, Kiefer, Pidinchedda, & Veith, 2002

Sardinian 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

Mucedda, M., Kiefer, A., Pidinchedda, E. and Veith, M. 2002-12. A new species of long-eared bat (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) from Sardinia (Italy). Acta Chiropterologica 4(2):121-135.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.3161/001.004.0202

Original name as described

Plecotus sardus

Type material

DZAB 0023

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"interior of a cave at Lanaitto's Valley, Oliena District, Nuoro Province, middle-east Sardinia, Italy (40°15'29"N, 9°29'13"E, 150 m a.s.l.)."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Italy

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005673

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 sardus

Mucedda, Kiefer, Pidinchedda, & Veith, 2002

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

sardus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

DZAB 0023

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

123

Authority publication

Acta Chiropterologica

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Spitzenberger, Strelkov, Winkler & Haring (2006:206) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1919)
  3. Mayer, Dietz & Kiefer (2007:2) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1655)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136503) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136503) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:869) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005673) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136503/211020578) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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