Laephotis wintoni

O. Thomas, 1901

De Winton's 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

Thomas, O. 1901-05-01. On a new genus and species of vespertilionine bat from East Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)7(41):460-462.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26196005

Original name as described

Laephotis Wintoni

Other common names

De Winton's Long-eared Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1901.5.6.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/dc316b2e-c020-4b1e-9d7f-71f20926150d

Type locality

"Kitui, British East Africa [= Kenya]. Altitude about 3,500 feet [= 1067 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Ethiopia · Uganda · Kenya · Tanzania · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Malawi · Zambia · South Africa · Lesotho

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005738

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 Wintoni

O. Thomas, 1901

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

wintoni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1901.5.6.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/dc316b2e-c020-4b1e-9d7f-71f20926150d

Authority page

460

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26196005

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:70) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Happold & Happold (2013:584) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #11138) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #11138) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:824) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  8. Monadjem, Demos, Dalton, Webala, Musila, Kerbis Peterhans & Patterson (2020:1127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/51199)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005738) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11138/22007754) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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