Mystacina tuberculata

Mystacina tuberculata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Noctilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yangochiroptera Superfamilia: Noctilionoidea

Familia: Mystacinidae
Genus: Mystacina
Species: Mystacina tuberculata

Name

Mystacina tuberculata Gray, 1843: 296 [conserved name]

• Syntypes: BMNH a and b. [lost]
• Type locality: “New Zealand”.
• Placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by Opinion 1994 (2002: 63).

Synonyms

• Mystacina velutina Hutton, 1872: 185
  • Placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Specific Names in Zoology by Opinion 1994 (2002: 63).

• Mystacina tuberculata aupourica Hill & Daniel, 1985: 294
  • Holotype: AIM M309, ♀, body in alcohol with skull removed, collected by M.J. Daniel on 22 May 1975.
  • Type locality: “Omahuta Kauri Sanctuary, Northland, North Island, New Zealand, 35°10'S, 175°37'E”.

• Mystacina tuberculata rhyacobia Hill & Daniel, 1985: 295
  • Holotype: AIM M304, ♂, body in alcohol with skull removed, collected by G.R.S. Gerrard in July 1963.
  • Type locality: “Te Rimu area, upper Waimarino River, Kaimanawa Forest Park, SE of Lake Taupo, central North Island, New Zealand, 39°02'S, 175°56'E, c. 700 ft”.

Native distribution areas

• New Zealand: North Island, South Island and several offshore islands.

References

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1843. List of Mammalia hitherto recorded as found in New Zealand. Pp. 181–185, 296 (addendum) in Dieffenbach, E.: Travels in New Zealand; with contributions to the geography, geology, botany, and natural history of that country. Volume 2. John Murray, London, England. Internet Archive BHL
• Hutton, F.W. 1872. On the Bats of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 4: 186–188. Full article Reference page. 
• Hill, J.E. & Daniel, M.J. 1985. Systematics of the New Zealand short-tailed bat Mystacina Gray, 1843 (Chiroptera: Mystacinidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Zoology 48(4): 279–300. BHL Reference page. 
• International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 2002. Opinion 1994 (Case 3095). Mystacina Gray, 1843, Chalinolobus Peters, 1866, M. tuberculata Gray, 1843 and Vespertilio tuberculatus J.R. Forster, 1844 (currently C. tuberculatus) (Mammalia, Chiroptera): usage of the generic and specific names conserved. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 59(1): 63–64. BHL Reference page. 
• Lloyd, B.D. 2003. Intraspecific phylogeny of the New Zealand short-tailed bat Mystacina tuberculata inferred from multiple mitochondrial gene sequences. Systematic Biology 52(4): 460–476. DOI: 10.1080/10635150390218187

Additional references

• Carter, G.G. & Riskin, D.K. 2006. Mystacina tuberculata. Mammalian Species (790) DOI: 10.1644/790.1
• Daniel, M.J. 1979. The New Zealand short-tailed bat, Mystacina tuberculata; a review of present knowledge. New Zealand journal of zoology 6(2): 357–370. BUGZ Google books
• Jones, G.; Webb, P.I.; Sedgeley, J.A.; O'Donnell, C.F.J. 2003. Mysterious Mystacina: how the New Zealand short-tailed bat (Mystacina tuberculata) locates insect prey. Journal of experimental biology 206: 4209–4216. DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00678
• Kennedy, M.; Wilson, K.-J.; Worthy, T.; Paterson, A.; Dwyer, P.D. 2000. Comments on the proposed conservation of usage of the names Mystacina Gray, 1843, Chalinolobus Peters, 1866, M. tuberculata Gray, 1843 and C. tuberculatus (J.R. Forster, 1844) (Mammalia, Chiroptera) (Case 3095; see BZN 56: 250–254). Bulletin of zoological nomenclature 57: 117–118. ISSN: 0007-5167 Internet Archive BHL
• Spencer, H.G.; Lee, D.E. 1999. Case 3095. Mystacina Gray, 1843, Chalinolobus Peters, 1866, M. tuberculata Gray, 1843 and Vespertilio tuberculatus J.R. Forster, 1844 (currently C. tuberculatus) (Mammalia, Chiroptera): proposed conservation of usage of the names. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature 56: 250–254. ISSN: 0007-5167 Internet Archive BHL

Links

• O'Donnell, C. 2021. IUCN: Mystacina tuberculata  (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T14261A22070543. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T14261A22070543.en. Accessed on 10 June 2024.

Vernacular names

English: New Zealand Lesser Short-tailed Bat

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