Myotis albescens

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1806)

Silver-tipped Myotis

Female, Side view of head, mouth open, teeth visible
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Location:Venezuela, Apure, Hato El FrioDate taken:Jan 1, 1985

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1538

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. 1806. Mémoire sur le genre et les espèces de Vespertilion, l'un des genres de la famille des chauve-souris. Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle 8:187-205.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29407874

Original name as described

Vespertilio albescens

Type material

AMNH M-205195

Type kind

neotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-205195

Type locality

"Paraguay." Based on neotype selection, restricted by R. K. LaVal in 1973 to "Yaguaron, Paraguari, Paraguay."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

Mexico · Guatemala · Honduras · Nicaragua · Costa Rica · Panama · Colombia · Venezuela · Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana · Ecuador · Peru · Brazil · Bolivia · Paraguay · Uruguay · Argentina

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005359

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 8 names and synonyms.

Vespertilio albescens

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1806)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

albescens

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-205195

Type kind

neotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-205195

Authority page

204

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29407874

Authority publication

Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

  1. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1806:204, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29407874) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66103)
  2. Fischer (1814:xix, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130080) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  3. Illiger (1815:109, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080965) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  4. Wiedemann (1818:169, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14282578) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69431)
  5. Desmarest (1821:144, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523908) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
  6. Schinz (1821:178, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528935) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  7. Lesson (1827:93, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207561) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  8. Fischer (1829:110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  9. Lesson (1836:96, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62814759) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61467)
  10. Temminck (1840:244) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59644)
  11. Lesson (1842:25) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  12. Schinz (1844:190) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36043)
  13. Murray (1866:348, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580344) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  14. Trouessart (1878:251, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33975534) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58780)
  15. True (1885:603, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306397) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)

Vespertilio leucogaster

(H. R. Schinz, 1821)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

leucogaster

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH MS-385

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-385

Authority page

180

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528937

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

  1. Schinz (1821:180, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528937) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  2. Wied-Neuwied (1826:271, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32972319) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38741)
  3. Fischer (1829:112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  4. Lesson (1836:99, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62814756) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61467)
  5. Temminck (1840:243) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59644)
  6. Lesson (1842:27) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  7. Schinz (1844:180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36043)
  8. Gervais (1849:215, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57438732) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60636)
  9. Murray (1866:349, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580345) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  10. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Aeorestes albescens

(Fitzinger, 1870)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

albescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

430

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6704857

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Fitzinger (1870:430, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6704857) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37091)

Vesperugo leucogaster

(Fitzinger, 1870)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

leucogaster

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

315

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6704726

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Fitzinger (1870:315, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6704726) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37105)

Myotis albescens

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

albescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

94

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422923

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Trouessart (1904:94, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422923) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  2. Goodwin (1946:332) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  3. Thomas (1972:151) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/50336)
  4. Husson (1978:173) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35225)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1980:63) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  6. Hall (1981:200) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35036)
  7. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:184) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  8. Corbet & Hill (1991:73) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  9. Koopman (1993:208) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  10. Koopman (1994:108) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  11. Anderson (1997:272) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)
  12. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  14. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  15. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:940) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  16. Velazco, Voss, Fleck & Simmons (2021:136, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61530338) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/56561)
  17. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005359) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  18. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14140/22049892) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Myotis punensis

J. A. Allen, 1914

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

punensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-36263

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-36263

Authority page

383

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

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

Myotis argentatus

Dalquest & E. R. Hall, 1947

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

argentatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

KU:M:19228

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/ku/kum?id=90d38479-1ed8-11e3-bfac-90b11c41863e

Authority page

239

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2807139

Authority publication

University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Goodwin (1969:101) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10358)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:63) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

M. n. punensis

Koopman, 1994

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

punensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

105

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Koopman (1994:105) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

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