Plecotus sardus

Plecotus sardus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Vespertilionoidea

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: Vespertilionoidea

Familia: Vespertilionidae
Subfamilia: Vespertilioninae
Tribus: Plecotini
Genus: Plecotus
Species: Plecotus sardus

Name

Plecotus sardus Mucedda, Kiefer, Pidinchedda & Veith, 2002: 123

• Holotype: DZAB 0023, adult ♂, skin, skull and baculum, collected by M. Mucedda and E. Pidinchedda on 22 September 2001.
• Type locality: “in the interior of a cave at Lanaitto's Valley, Oliena District, Nuoro Province, middle-east Sardinia, Italy (40°15'29"N, 9°29'13"E, 150 m a.s.l.)”.

Native distribution areas

• Italy: Sardinia.

References

Primary references

• Mucceda, M., Kiefer, A., Pidincedda, E. & Veith, M. 2002. A new species of long-eared bat (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) from Sardinia (Italy). Acta Chiropterologica 4(2): 121–135. DOI: 10.3161/001.004.0202 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Spitzenberger, F., Strelkov, P.P., Winkler, H. & 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 ; ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN: Plecotus sardus  (Vulnerable)

Vernacular names

English: Sardinian Long-eared Bat
français: Oreillard Sarde