Plecotus taivanus

Yoshiyuki, 1991

Taiwan 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

Yoshiyuki, M. 1991. A new species of Plecotus (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) from Taiwan. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo (A)17(4):189-195.

Authority publication link

https://www.kahaku.go.jp/research/publication/zoology/download/17_4/BNSM170404.pdf

Original name as described

Plecotus taivanus

Other common names

Formosan Long-eared Bat · Taiwan Big-eared Bat · Taiwanese Long-eared Bat

Type material

NSMT-M 29616

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Mt. An-ma Shan, at alt. 2,250 m, Ho-ping, Tai-chung Hsien," central Taiwan.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Taiwan

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005675

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 taivanus

Yoshiyuki, 1991

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

taivanus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NSMT-M 29616

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

189

Authority publication

Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Spitzenberger, Strelkov, Winkler & Haring (2006:215) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1919)
  3. Smith & Xie (2008:367) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #17601) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #17601) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:868) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005675) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/17601/21978172) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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