Chalinolobus tuberculatus

(J. R. Forster, 1844)

New Zealand Long-tailed 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

Forster, J.R. 1844. Descriptiones animalium in itinere ad maris australis terras per annos 1772–74 suscepto observatorum. Ex officina academica, Berlin, 424 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41559221

Original name as described

Vespertilio tuberculatus

Other common names

Long-tailed Bat · Long-tailed Wattled Bat

Type material

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

New Zealand.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

New Zealand

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005709

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.

Vesperugo vagans

(Dobson, 1879)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

vagans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1879.1.7.1

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

135

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25159710

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Vespertilio tuberculatus

(J. R. Forster, 1844)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

tuberculatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

62

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41559221

Authority publication

Berlin

Chalinolobus tuberculatus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

tuberculatus

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 (1982:172) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4425) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4425) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:797) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005709) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4425/21985132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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