Myotis capaccinii

(Bonaparte, 1837)

Long-fingered Myotis

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

Bonaparte, C.-L. 1837. Fasc. XX. P. unnumbered in Bonaparte, C.-L. 1832-1841. Iconografia della fauna italica per le quattro classi degli animali vertebrati. Salviucci, Rome, unnumbered pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46985648

Original name as described

Vespertilio Capaccinii

Other common names

Long-fingered Bat · Long-fringed Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1907.1.1.734

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/bc02c9c9-3bcb-4878-8ab7-be15739e11b5

Type locality

Sicily, Italy.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Morocco · Algeria · Tunisia · Spain · France · Italy · Slovenia · Croatia · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Serbia · Kosovo · Montenegro · Albania · North Macedonia · Greece · Bulgaria · Romania · Turkey · Cyprus · Lebanon · Syria · Israel · Palestine · Jordan · Iraq · Iran

Subregion distribution

Distribution notes

Distribution references

Taxonomy notes

Taxonomy notes citation

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005384

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: 19 names and synonyms.

Vespertilio Capaccinii

(Bonaparte, 1837)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

capaccinii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.1.1.734

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/bc02c9c9-3bcb-4878-8ab7-be15739e11b5

Authority page

Vespertilio Capaccinii unnumbered p. 1

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46985648

Authority publication

Rome

Name usages

Keyserling & Blasius (1839:312, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24904223) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/56536)
Trouessart (1878:246, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33975529) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58780)
Wallace (1880:366) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68070)
Schulze (1897:94) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60594)
Seabra (1900:31) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68460)
Acloque (1900:37) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59737)

Vespertilio capaccini

(J. E. Gray, 1838)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

capaccini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

496

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40026399

Authority publication

Magazine of Zoology and Botany

Name usages

Gray (1838:496, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40026399) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34750)
Temminck (1840:187) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59644)
Schinz (1844:154) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36043)
Murray (1866:349, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580345) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Elera (1895:13, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38853923) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68680)

Vespertilio megapodius

(Temminck, 1840)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

megapodius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

189

Authority page URI

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

Temminck (1840:189) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59644)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Vespertilio dasypus

(de Sélys-Longchamps, 1841)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

dasypus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

247

Authority page URI

Authority publication

Turin

Name usages

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

Vespertilio Cappacini

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

cappacini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

Authority page URI

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Vespertilio megapodus

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

megapodus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

Authority page URI

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:25) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Vespertilio pellucens

(Crespon, 1844)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

pellucens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52795614

Authority publication

Nîmes

Name usages

Crespon (1844:16, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52795614) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38970)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Capaccinius megapodius

(Bonaparte, 1845)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

megapodius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43573720

Authority publication

Milan

Name usages

Bonaparte (1845:18, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43573720) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40449)

Brachyotus blasii

(Kolenati, 1860)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

blasii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

102

Authority page URI

Authority publication

book

Name usages

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

Comastes Capaccinii

(Fitzinger, 1870)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

capaccinii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

565

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6705010

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Fitzinger (1870:565, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6705010) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37092)

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Comastes megapodius

(Fitzinger, 1870)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

megapodius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

569

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6705014

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Fitzinger (1870:569, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6705014) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37092)

Vespertilio Blasii

(Forsyth Major, 1877)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

blasii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34891176

Authority publication

Atti della Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali, Memorie

Name usages

Vespertilio majori

(Ninni, 1878)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

majori

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

721

Authority page URI

Authority publication

Atti R. Ist. Veneto Sci., Lett. ed Arti

Name usages

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

Myotis capaccinii

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

capaccinii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422919

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:90, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422919) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Miller (1912:187, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8421506) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5948)
Allen (1939:90, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:148, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722449) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
Corbet & Hill (1980:63) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:185) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:73) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Harrison & Bates (1991:73) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64137)
Koopman (1993:209) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
Koopman (1994:107) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Van der Made (1999:341) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/13477)
Karataş, Yiğit, Kankılıç & Çolak (2004:5) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/13036)
Rudolph, Liegl & Karataş (2005:15) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12983)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Lindenau (2005:139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17041)
Amr, Abu Baker & Qumsiyeh (2006:237) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9028)
Benda, Andreas, Kock, Lučan, Munclinger, Nová, Obuch, Ochman, Reiter, Uhrin & Weinfurtová (2006:133) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1479)
Shehab, Karataş, Amr, Mamkhair & Sözen (2007:119) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1478)
Mayer, Dietz & Kiefer (2007:2) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1655)
Benda, Hanák, Horáček, Hulva, Lučan & Ruedi (2007:92) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2020)
Papadatou, Butlin & Altringham (2008:129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1793)
Alcalde, Trujillo, Artázcoz & Agirre-Mendi (2008:6) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2183)
Benda, Georgiakakis, Dietz, Hanák, Galanaki, Markantonatou, Chudárková, Hulva & Horáček (2008:137) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1787)
Benda, Lučan, Obuch, Reiter, Andreas, Bačkor, Bohnenstengel, Eid, Ševčík, Vallo & Amr (2010:259) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/25265)
Benda, Faizolâhi, Andreas, Obuch, Reiter, Ševčík, Uhrin, Vallo & Ashrafi (2012:342) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/25233)
Happold & Happold (2013:694) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
Gippoliti (2013:15) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/25250)
Presetnik, Paunović, Karapandža, Đurović, Ivanović, Ždralević, Benda & Budinski (2014:141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/25243)
Benda, Abi Said, Bou Jaoude, Karanouh, Lučan, Sadek, Ševčík, Uhrin & Horáček (2016:261) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34271)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14126) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14126) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Salari, Agnelli, Calcagnile, Di Maita, Grasso, Quarta, Santoro & Spena (2019:429) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43713)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:964) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Karataş (2019:44) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60252)
Akmali, Abbasian, Parsatabar & Malekpour Fard (2019:164) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/56885)
Mensoor (2021:46) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59172)
Kafash, Ashrafi & Yousefi (2021:1548) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58557)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005384) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14126/22054131) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Leuconoe capaccinii bureschi

(Heinrich, 1936)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

bureschi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 47276

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

Authority page

Authority page URI

Authority publication

Mitteilungen aus den königlichen naturwissenschaftlichen Instituten in Sofia — Bulgarien

Name usages

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

Myotis capaccinii bureschi

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

bureschi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

148

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722449

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:148, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722449) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
Harrison & Bates (1991:74) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64137)
Koopman (1994:108) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:964) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Myotis capaccinii capaccinii

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

capaccinii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

148

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722449

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:148, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722449) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
Harrison & Bates (1991:74) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64137)
Koopman (1994:108) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:964) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Myotis capaccini

J. Heller, 1970

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

capaccini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

namecombination · incorrectsubsequent_spelling

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

Authority page URI

Authority publication

Israel Journal of Zoology

Name usages

Heller (1970:22) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68326)

Myotis capaccinii abidinbudaki

Karataş, 2019

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

abidinbudaki

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NU 1998/105

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

Authority page

Authority page URI

Authority publication

Acta Biologica Turcica

Name usages

Karataş (2019:45) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60252)

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