Myotis australis

(Dobson, 1878)

Australian Myotis

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Vespertilionoidea
Family : Vespertilionidae
Subfamily : Myotinae
Genus : Myotis
Subgenus : Myotis

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Dobson, G.E. 1878-06-15. Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the Collection of the British Museum. Taylor and Francis, British Museum Catalogue, 567 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37695383

Original name as described

Vespertilio australis

Type material

RMNH.MAM.19631.a, RMNH.MAM.19631.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.19631.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.19631.b

Type locality

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

Taxonomy notes

has been included under M. macropus, M. ater, and as a vagrant of M. muricola, but the identify of this taxon has yet to be establish and the species is tentatively retained here

Taxonomy notes citation

Jackson, S. M., & Groves, C. (2015). Taxonomy of Australian mammals. CSIRO Publishing, Austalia, Clayton.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006736

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.

Vespertilio australis

(Dobson, 1878)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

australis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.19631.a, RMNH.MAM.19631.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.19631.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.19631.b

Authority page

317

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37695383

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Myotis australis

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

australis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

63

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:63) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:184, 185) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14146) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14146) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006736) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14146/22060248) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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