Myotis welwitschii

(J. E. Gray, 1866)

Welwitsch's Myotis

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gray, J.E. 1866-09. Notice of a new bat (Scotophilus welwitschii) from Angola. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866(2):211.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28627683

Original name as described

Scotophilus welwitschii

Other common names

Welwitsch's Bat · Welwitsch's Hairy Bat · Welwitsch's Mouse-eared Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1866.4.12.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/35dd7a22-42b5-48e4-b05c-27b3d690eaeb

Type locality

"Angola."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Angola · Burundi · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Eswatini · Ethiopia · Guinea · Kenya · Lesotho · Malawi · Mozambique · Rwanda · South Africa · South Sudan · Tanzania · Uganda · Zambia · Zimbabwe

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005485

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: 7 names and synonyms.

Scotophilus welwitschii

J. E. Gray, 1866

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

welwitschii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1866.4.12.2

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Angola

Type locality

Angola.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/35dd7a22-42b5-48e4-b05c-27b3d690eaeb

Authority page

211

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28627683

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Vespertilio Welwitschii:

Trouessart, 1878

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

welwitschii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

248

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33975531

Authority publication

Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée

Name usages

Trouessart (1878:248, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33975531) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58780)

Vespertilio venustus

Matschie, 1899

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

venustus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 54653

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Tanzania: 6°54′39″S, 37°45′33″E.

Authority page

74

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8791442

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:79, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422908) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Myotis welwitschi:

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

welwitschi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

91

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422920

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:91, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422920) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Ellerman, Morrison-Scott & Hayman (1953:73) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34033)
Hayman (1963:106) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68592)
Largen, Kock & Yalden (1974:248) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36071)
Corbet & Hill (1980:66) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Myotis venustus:

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

venustus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

91

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782181

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:91, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782181) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

Myotis welwitschii:

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

welwitschii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

91

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782181

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:91, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782181) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Hill & Carter (1941:43) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16955)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:192) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Aggundey & Schlitter (1984:133, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52373531) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30597)
Meester, Rautenbach, Dippenaar & Baker (1986:48) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17614)
Sevilla García (1988:160) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11366)
Corbet & Hill (1991:70) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Koopman (1993:216) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
Koopman (1994:101) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Yalden, Largen, Kock & Hillman (1996:90) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36072)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Sedláček, Hořák, Riegert, Reif & Horáček (2006:120) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2145)
Fahr, Djossa & Vierhaus (2006:245) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1766)
Happold & Happold (2013:708) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14211) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14211) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:951) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Benda, Uvizl, Mazoch, Šklíba & Červený (2022:311) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62780)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005485) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14211/22068792) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Myotis welwitschi welwitschi:

Ellerman, Morrison-Scott, & Hayman, 1953

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

welwitschi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

namecombination · incorrectsubsequent_spelling

Authority page

73

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Ellerman, Morrison-Scott & Hayman (1953:73) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34033)

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