Myotis alcathoe

von Helversen & K.-G. Heller in von Helversen, K.-G. Heller, F. Mayer, Nemeth, Volleth, & Gombkötő, 2001

Alcathoe Whiskered Myotis

Myotis alcathoe alcathoe. Also as Alcathoe Bat · Alcathoe Myotis · Alcathoe Whiskered Bat.
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Location:Spain, Castile and León. 3 miles south of Quintanilla de OnesimoDate taken:Aug 30, 2025

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 7780

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Helversen, O. von, Heller, K.-G., Mayer, F., Nemeth, A., Volleth, M. and Gombkötő, P. 2001-05-01. Cryptic mammalian species: a new species of whiskered bat (Myotis alcathoe n. sp.) in Europe. Naturwissenschaften 88(5):217-223.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1007/s001140100225

Original name as described

Myotis alcathoe

Other common names

Alcathoe Bat · Alcathoe Myotis · Alcathoe Whiskered Bat

Type material

SMF:MAMM:90249

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"netted over a small stream, the Fournikos Potamos, near the village of Kleistos (39°05'N, 21°49'E), Novos Evritanias, Greece.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

United Kingdom · Spain · France · Belgium · Luxembourg · Germany · Italy · Slovenia · Austria · Czech Republic · Poland · Slovakia · Hungary · Sweden · Ukraine · Croatia · Romania · Bulgaria · Turkey · Russia · Georgia · Azerbaijan?

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005360

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.

Total: 3 names and synonyms.

Myotis alcathoe

von Helversen & K.-G. Heller in von Helversen, K.-G. Heller, F. Mayer, Nemeth, Volleth, & Gombkötő, 2001

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

alcathoe

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF:MAMM:90249

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

217

Authority publication

Naturwissenschaften

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Mayer, Dietz & Kiefer (2007:2) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1655)
  3. Krištofík & Danko (2012:168) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57964)
  4. Gippoliti (2013:14) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/25250)
  5. Presetnik, Paunović, Karapandža, Đurović, Ivanović, Ždralević, Benda & Budinski (2014:141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/25243)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136680) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136680) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:954) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  9. Meinig, Boye, Dähne, Hutterer & Lang (2020:22) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/70294)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005360) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136680/518740) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Myotis alcathoe circassicus

Benda, Gazaryan, & Vallo, 2016

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

circassicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMPr 95309

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

859

Authority publication

Turkish Journal of Zoology

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:954) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Myotis alcathoe alcathoe

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

alcathoe

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

954

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:954) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

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