Nycticeius humeralis

(Rafinesque, 1818)

North American Evening Bat

Dorsal view. Also as Black-shouldered Bat|Twilight Bat.
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Location:USA, LA, East Baton Rouge Par.Date taken:Jan 1, 1965

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 232

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Yangochiroptera
Superfamily : Vespertilionoidea
Family : Vespertilionidae
Subfamily : Vespertilioninae
Tribe : Nycticeiini
Genus : Nycticeius

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Rafinesque, C.S. 1818-10. Further discoveries in natural history, made during a journey through the western region of the United States. American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review 3(6):445-447.

Authority publication link

https://archive.org/details/sim_american-monthly-magazine-critical-review_the-american-monthly-mag_1818-10_3_6/page/445/mode/2up

Original name as described

Vespertilio humeralis

Other common names

Black-shouldered Bat · Twilight Bat

Type locality

Kentucky, USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Canada · United States · Mexico

Subregion distribution

USA(NE, IA, IL, KS, MO, IN, MI, OH, OK, TX, AR, LA, MS, TN, KY, AL, GA, FL, SC, NC, VA, DC, WV, DE, MD, NJ, PA)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005594

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: 16 names and synonyms.

Vespertilio humeralis

(Rafinesque, 1818)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

humeralis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

445

Authority publication

American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review

Name usages

  1. Fischer (1829:115) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  2. Fitzinger (1871:220, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36317333) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67513)

Nycticeus humeralis

Lesson, 1827

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

humeralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

98

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207566

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:98, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207566) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Lesson (1836:111, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62814744) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61467)

Nycticea crepuscularis

Le Conte in McMurtrie, 1831

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

crepuscularis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:4735, USNM:MAMM:4736

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/33a4d8f13-2915-480e-b9e2-d942fe125498 http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38144bfea-8b3a-4abb-bf29-30680f586dde

Authority page

432

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28834563

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

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

Vespertilio creeks

(F. Cuvier, 1832)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

creeks

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-AC-A6875

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/ac-a6875

Authority page

18

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33122263

Authority publication

Nouvelles annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1836:91, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62814764) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61467)
  2. Temminck (1840:261) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59644)
  3. Lesson (1842:25) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  4. Schinz (1844:183) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36043)
  5. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Vespertilio Crecks

(Lesson, 1836)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

crecks

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

91

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62814764

Authority publication

Paris

Nycticejus humeralis

Temminck, 1840

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

humeralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

160

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

  1. Temminck (1840:160) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59644)
  2. Lesson (1842:21) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Rhoads (1896:204, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1675546) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14622)
  4. Trouessart (1904:87, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422916) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Vespertilio crepuscularis

(Le Conte, 1856)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

crepuscularis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

433

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1694547

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

Le Conte (1856:433, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1694547) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15055)

Nycticejus crepuscularis

H. Allen, 1864

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

crepuscularis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

12

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8817074

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

  1. Allen (1864:12, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8817074) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36019)
  2. Trouessart (1878:244, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33975527) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58780)
  3. True (1885:602, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306396) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)

Nycticejus crespuscularis

A. Murray, 1866

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

crespuscularis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

348

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580344

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Murray (1866:348, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580344) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Vesperus Creeks

(Fitzinger, 1870)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

creeks

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

130

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6704533

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Fitzinger (1870:130, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6704533) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37104)

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