Myotis annectans

(Dobson, 1871)

Hairy-faced Myotis

Close-up of head, side view, mouth open, teeth visible. Also as Hairy-faced Bat, Intermediate Bat.
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Location:Laos, Khammouane province, 8km E Ban Navang, Pha Deng, 17°57'N 105°23'EDate taken:Jan 1, 1996Description:Close-up of head, side view, mouth open, teeth visible. Also as Hairy-faced Bat, Intermediate Bat.

Distribution :

NE India to Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1498

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

Dobson, G.E. 1871. Notes on nine new species of Indian and Indo-Chinese Vespertilionidae, with remarks on the synonymy and classification of some other species of the same family. Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 1871:210-215.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12393595

Original name as described

Pipistrellus annectans

Other common names

Hairy-faced Bat · Intermediate Bat

Type material

ZSI 15595

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Naga Hills, Assam, " north-eastern India.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Cambodia · China · India · Laos · Thailand · Vietnam

Taxonomy notes citation

Chen, K.-h., Wang, X.-y., Huang, Z.-f., Mo, Y.-z., Wu, Y., Hu, Y.-b., Yue, Y. and Yu, W.-h. 2026. Resolving taxonomic uncertainty in Chinese Myotis through molecular and morphometric integration in the Eastern Region of China (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Vertebrate Zoology 76:187-206. doi:10.3897/vz.76.e182515

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005366

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: 6 names and synonyms.

Pipistrellus annectans

Dobson, 1871

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

annectans

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSI 15595

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Naga Hills, Assam

Type locality

India: Nagaland.

Authority page

213

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12393595

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Vesperugo annectens:

Trouessart, 1878

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

annectens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

241

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33975524

Authority publication

Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée

Name usages

Trouessart (1878:241, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33975524) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58780)

Vespertilio annectens:

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

annectens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

namecombination · incorrectsubsequent_spelling

Authority page

82

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422911

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:82, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422911) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Myotis primula

O. Thomas, 1920

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

primulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1916.3.25.30

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

India: Assam.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5cd3b7f1-4a68-4f33-8ebd-12314e2b4896

Authority page

248

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30358851

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:142, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722443) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
Hill (1962:130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16219)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Pipistrellus annectens:

Chasen, 1940

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

annectens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

namecombination · incorrectsubsequent_spelling

Authority page

50

Authority publication

Bulletin of Raffles Museum

Name usages

Chasen (1940:50) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:172, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722473) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)

Myotis annectans:

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

annectans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

63

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:63) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:184) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Sevilla García (1988:157) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11366)
Corbet & Hill (1991:71) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Koopman (1993:208) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
Koopman (1994:104) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Bates & Harrison (1997:129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27903)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Smith & Xie (2008:373) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
Görföl, Estók & Csorba (2013:50) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12241)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14142) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14142) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:961) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005366) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14142/22050272) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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