Plecotus wardi

O. Thomas, 1911

Ward's Long-eared Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1911-02-01. New Asiatic Muridae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)7(38):205-209.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15814917

Original name as described

Plecotus wardi

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1906.10.3.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/09434b68-d610-454a-912a-2f647565c99e

Type locality

Jammu and Kashmir, India.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Afghanistan · China · India · Nepal · Pakistan

Taxonomy notes

split from P. austriacus; includes ariel, which has been considered a distinct species

Taxonomy notes citation

Spitzenberger, F., Strelkov, P.P., Winkler, H. and Haring, E. 2006. A preliminary revision of the genus Plecotus (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) based on genetic and morphological results. Zoologica Scripta 35(3):187-230. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2006.00224.x · Fukui, D., Tu, V.T., Thanh, H.T., Arai, S., Harada, M., Csorba, G. and Son, N.T. 2020. First record of the genus Plecotus from Southeast Asia with notes on the taxonomy, karyology and echolocation call of P. homochrous from Vietnam. Acta Chiropterologica 22(1):57-74. doi:10.3161/15081109ACC2020.22.1.006

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005678

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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: 6 names and synonyms.

Plecotus ariel

O. Thomas, 1911

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

ariel

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1911.2.1.6

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Ta-tsien-lu, Sze-chwan

Type locality

China: Sichuan.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2e46a865-7b8d-416a-8256-8cd52c3d5bf9

Authority page

3

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31252029

Authority publication

Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Thomas (1911:160, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31251988) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14044)
Spitzenberger, Strelkov, Winkler & Haring (2006:216) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1919)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000704) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000704) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:868) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/85534953/85534957) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Plecotus wardi

O. Thomas, 1911

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

wardi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.10.3.2

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Leh, Ladak. Alt. 10, 500'.

Type locality

India: Ladakh: 34°9′51″N, 77°35′5″E.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/09434b68-d610-454a-912a-2f647565c99e

Authority page

209

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15814917

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1911:160, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31251988) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14044)
Spitzenberger, Strelkov, Winkler & Haring (2006:209) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1919)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000717) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000717) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:869) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005678) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/85535265/85535306) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)
Saikia, Chakravarty, Csorba, Laskar & Ruedi (2025:54) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69679)

Plecotus auritus wardi:

Bobrinski, 1925

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

wardi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

356

Authority publication

Бюллетень Московского общества испытателей природы

Name usages

Bobrinskiy (1925:356) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68873)
Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:182, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722483) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)

Plecotus auritus ariel:

G. M. Allen, 1938

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

ariel

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

262

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12466705

Authority publication

Natural History of Central Asia

Name usages

Allen (1938:262, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12466705) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6006)
Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:182, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722483) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)

P. a. ariel:

Koopman, 1994

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

ariel

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

110

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Koopman (1994:110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Smith & Xie (2008:367) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

P. a. wardi:

Koopman, 1994

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

wardi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

110

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Koopman (1994:110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Smith & Xie (2008:367) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

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