Laephotis angolensis

Monard, 1935

Angolan Long-eared Serotine

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Arch. Mus. Bocage, vol. 6, 45

Original name as described

Laephotis angolensis

Other common names

Angolan Long-eared Bat

Type locality

Tyihumbwe (= Chiumbe), 15 km west of Dala, Angola.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo · Tanzania · Angola · Zambia · Malawi · Mozambique · Namibia · Botswana · Zimbabwe · South Africa

Taxonomy notes

includes botswanae

Taxonomy notes citation

Taylor, P. J., Strydom, E., Richards, L., Markotter, W., Toussaint, D. C., Kearney, T., ... & Monadjem, A. (2022). Integrative taxonomic analysis of new collections from the central Angolan highlands resolves the taxonomy of African pipistrelloid bats on a continental scale. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 196(4), 1570-1590.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005729

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.

Laephotis botswanae

Setzer, 1971

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

botswanae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:425349

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3acfe22eb-52b3-4369-b898-9e6880078e0e

Authority page

260

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34563320

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:70) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:179) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Monadjem, Schoeman, Reside, Pio, Stoffberg, Bayliss, Cotterill, Curran, Kopp & Taylor (2010:383) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1775)
  5. Happold & Happold (2013:581) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #11136) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #11136) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:825) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  9. Monadjem, Demos, Dalton, Webala, Musila, Kerbis Peterhans & Patterson (2020:1128) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/51199)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11136/22011659) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Laephotis angolensis

Monard, 1935

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

angolensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

45

Authority publication

Archivos do Museu Bocage

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:70) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:179) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Happold & Happold (2013:580) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #11135) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #11135) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:825) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  8. Monadjem, Demos, Dalton, Webala, Musila, Kerbis Peterhans & Patterson (2020:1128) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/51199)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005729) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11135/22011591) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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