Myotis horsfieldii

(Temminck, 1840)

Horsfield's Myotis

Full view, Field Cat. No. 970430.13. Myotis horsfieldii horsfieldii. Also as Common Asiatic Myotis|Horsfield's Bat|Lesser Large-tooth Bat.
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Location:Laos, Attapeu province, ~5 km S Ban Paam on Nam Pa, 14°53'N 107°2'EDate taken:Apr 30, 1997

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1500

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

Temminck, C.J. 1840. Livraison 3. Pp. 141–272 in Temminck, C.J. 1835-1841. Monographies de Mammalogie. Tome second. C. C. van der Hoek, Leiden, 392 pp.

Authority publication link

https://archive.org/details/monographiedema00temmgoog/page/140/mode/2up

Original name as described

Vespertilio horsfieldii

Other common names

Common Asiatic Myotis · Horsfield's Bat · Lesser Large-tooth Bat

Type material

RMNH.MAM.35551, RMNH.MAM.35552, RMNH.MAM.35553, RMNH.MAM.35554, RMNH.MAM.35555, RMNH.MAM.35556, RMNH.MAM.35557, RMNH.MAM.35558, RMNH.MAM.35559, RMNH.MAM.35560, ZMB 2558

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35551.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35551.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35552 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35553 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35554 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35555 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35556 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35557 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35558 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35559 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35560

Type locality

Mount Gede, Java, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya · Australasia

Country distribution

India · China · Vietnam · Laos · Cambodia · Myanmar · Thailand · Malaysia · Singapore · Indonesia · Brunei · Philippines

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005417

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: 21 names and synonyms.

Vespertilio horsfieldii

(Temminck, 1840)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

horsfieldii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.35551, RMNH.MAM.35552, RMNH.MAM.35553, RMNH.MAM.35554, RMNH.MAM.35555, RMNH.MAM.35556, RMNH.MAM.35557, RMNH.MAM.35558, RMNH.MAM.35559, RMNH.MAM.35560, ZMB 2558

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35551.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35551.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35552 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35553 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35554 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35555 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35556 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35557 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35558 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35559 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35560

Authority page

226

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

  1. Temminck (1840:226) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59644)
  2. Lesson (1842:25) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Schinz (1844:171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36043)
  4. Murray (1866:349, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580345) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Vesperus Horsfieldii

(Fitzinger, 1861)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

horsfieldii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

390

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6438323

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Fitzinger (1861:390, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6438323) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39159)

Vespertilio Horsfieldi

(Jerdon, 1867)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

horsfieldi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

46

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37299695

Authority publication

Roorkee

Name usages

  1. Jerdon (1867:46, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37299695) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68353)
  2. Zelebor (1868:16, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48109784) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36852)

Exochurus Horsfieldii

(Fitzinger, 1870)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

horsfieldii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

77

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6704480

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Fitzinger (1870:77, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6704480) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37104)

Myotis dryas

Andersen, 1907

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

dryas

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.12.1.31, MSNG (no number given)

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

37

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7931473

Authority publication

Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:64) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:186) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Leuconoe lepidus

(O. Thomas, 1915)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

lepidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1900.7.29.14

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/78d78035-0c57-4909-a7d9-daf2bf4584f6

Authority page

171

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15612885

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Leuconoe peshwa

(O. Thomas, 1915)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

peshwa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1900.9.16.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d9a73dce-a9f0-4c96-9d6a-1b5647271594

Authority page

610

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30454077

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Myotis jeannei

E. H. Taylor, 1934

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

jeannei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-241835

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-241835

Authority page

284

Authority publication

Monographs of the Bureau of Science

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:64) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:188) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Myotis lepidus

Chasen, 1940

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

lepidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

48

Authority publication

Bulletin of Raffles Museum

Name usages

  1. Chasen (1940:48) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
  2. Davis (1962:40) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16694)

Myotis horsfieldii

Chasen, 1940

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

horsfieldii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

48

Authority publication

Bulletin of Raffles Museum

Name usages

  1. Chasen (1940:48) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
  2. Medway (1965:62) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34580)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:187) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Kitchener & Foley (1985:224, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53128788) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1590)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1991:73) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  6. Koopman (1993:211) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  7. Koopman (1994:106) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  8. Bates & Harrison (1997:133) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27903)
  9. Esselstyn, Widmann & Heaney (2004:289, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35515742) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5880)
  10. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  11. Smith & Xie (2008:377) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14166) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14166) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  14. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:967) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  15. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005417) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  16. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14166/22057415) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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