Chalinolobus morio

(J. E. Gray, 1841)

Chocolate Wattled Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Vespertilionoidea
Family : Vespertilionidae
Subfamily : Vespertilioninae
Tribe : Vespertilionini
Genus : Chalinolobus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gray, J.E. 1841-10-30. Contributions towards the Geographical distribution of the Mammalia of Australia, with notes on some recently discovered species. Pp. 397–414 in Grey, G. (eds.). Journals of two expeditions of discovery in north-west and western Australia, during the years 1837, 38, and 39, under the authority of her Majesty's government. Vol. II. T. and W. Boone, London, 482 pp.

Authority publication link

https://books.google.com/books?id=C1vRAAAAMAAJ

Original name as described

Scotophilus morio

Other common names

Chocolate Bat · Chocolate Lobe-lipped Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1837.4.8.118 (= BMNH:Mamm:90a)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4d7a6554-f4e8-476c-a7fe-0a7d21f022f7 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/779caee2-66ee-4c3f-8a56-d3f3812046bf

Type locality

Tasmania, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005705

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.

Scotophilus morio

(J. E. Gray, 1841)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

morio

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1837.4.8.118 (= BMNH:Mamm:90a)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4d7a6554-f4e8-476c-a7fe-0a7d21f022f7 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/779caee2-66ee-4c3f-8a56-d3f3812046bf

Authority page

400, 405

Authority publication

London

Scotophilus microdon

(Tomes, 1859)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

microdon

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1841.1.5.13

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

68

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32274474

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Chalinolobus signifer

Dobson, 1876

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

signifer

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1876.3.29.11

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/15156e7f-7c0e-4974-aa29-b2503ada2404

Authority page

289

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19267191

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Vespertilio australis

(H. R. Schinz, 1844)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

australis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

193

Authority publication

Solothurn

Name usages

Schinz (1844:193) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36043)

Vespertilio morio

(H. R. Schinz, 1844)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

morio

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

192

Authority publication

Solothurn

Name usages

Schinz (1844:192) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36043)

Chalinolobus morio

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

morio

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

72

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:72) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:171, 172) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:435) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4419) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4419) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:797) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005705) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4419/209530864) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Scotophilus australis

(J. E. Gray, 1841)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

australis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

406

Authority publication

London

Name usages

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

Vespertilio Muelleri

(Becker, 1860)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

muelleri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

43; Plate

Authority publication

Transactions of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria

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