Myotis pilosus

(W. C. H. Peters, 1869)

Rickett's Big-footed Myotis

Side view, on a tree. Formerly Myotis ricketti. Also as Rickett's Big-footed Bat.
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Location:Laos, Khammouane provinceDate taken:Jan 1, 1998

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1502

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

Peters, W.C.H. 1869. Bemerkungen über neue oder weniger bekannte Flederthiere, besonders des Pariser Museums. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1869:393-408.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36276616

Original name as described

Vespertilio (Leuconoë) pilosus

Other common names

Rickett's Big-footed Bat

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1869-14 (= MNHN:type:209)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1869-14

Type locality

type locality not given.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic · Indomalaya

Country distribution

China · Laos · Vietnam · India

Taxonomy notes

generally known under the name ricketti, but pilosus has been shown to be the oldest name available for the species

Taxonomy notes citation

Smith, A.T. and Xie, Y. 2008. A Guide to the Mammals of China. Princeton University Press, Princeton, 544 pp. a#64149 · Lu, G.-j., Lin, A.-q., Luo, J.-h., Blondel, D.V., Meiklejohn, K.A., Sun, K.-p. and Feng, J. 2013. Phylogeography of the Rickett's big-footed bat, Myotis pilosus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae): a novel pattern of genetic structure of bats in China. BMC Evolutionary Biology 13(1):241. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-13-241

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005457

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: 6 names and synonyms.

Vespertilio (Leuconoë) pilosus

(W. C. H. Peters, 1869)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

pilosus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1869-14 (= MNHN:type:209)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1869-14

Authority page

403

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36276616

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1878:246, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33975529) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58780)

Vespertilio (Leuconoë) Ricketti

(O. Thomas, 1894)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

ricketti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1894.9.1.22

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/63b03c03-0830-4f95-b86d-96a428700b16

Authority page

300

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24343560

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Leuconoë pilosus

(Lahille, 1899)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

pilosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

174

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147040

Authority publication

Primera Reunión del Congreso Científico Latino Americano

Name usages

Lahille (1899:174, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147040) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)

Myotis ricketti

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

ricketti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

90

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Trouessart (1904:90, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422919) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  2. Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:150, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722451) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:65) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:191) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1991:73) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  6. Koopman (1993:214) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  7. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Myotis pilosus

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

pilosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

89

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422918

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Trouessart (1904:89, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422918) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  2. Koopman (1994:109) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  3. Simmons (2005:515) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Smith & Xie (2008:380) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14193) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14193) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:974) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005457) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14193/22062554) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Rickettia pilosa

(G. M. Allen, 1938)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

pilosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

224

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12466667

Authority publication

Natural History of Central Asia

Name usages

Allen (1938:224, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12466667) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6006)

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