Plecotus teneriffae

Barrett-Hamilton, 1907

Canary 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

Barrett-Hamilton, G.E.H. 1907-12-01. Description of two new species of Plecotus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)20(120):520-521.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26413773

Original name as described

Plecotus teneriffae

Other common names

Canary Big-eared Bat · Tenerife Long-eared Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1887.4.18.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5df2db1f-fc7f-4020-ae03-0ae164bc984d

Type locality

"Orotava [= La Orotava], Teneriffe [= Tenerife]," Canary Islands.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Canary Islands

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005676

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

Barrett-Hamilton, 1907

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

teneriffae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1887.4.18.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5df2db1f-fc7f-4020-ae03-0ae164bc984d

Authority page

520

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26413773

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Spitzenberger, Strelkov, Winkler & Haring (2006:220) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1919)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000715) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000715) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:865) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005676) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/215482954/211021391) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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