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Plecotus sardus  Mucedda, Kiefer, Pidinchedda and Veith, 2002
Taxonomic Serial No.: 946170

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Sardinian Long-eared Bat [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderChiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 – morcego, quiróptero, bats  
                                  SuborderYangochiroptera Koopman, 1984  
                                     SuperfamilyVespertilionoidea Gray, 1821  
                                        FamilyVespertilionidae Gray, 1821 – vesper bats, vespertilionid bats, evening bats  
                                           SubfamilyVespertilioninae Gray, 1821  
                                              TribePlecotini Gray, 1866 – long-eared bats  
                                                 GenusPlecotus E. Geoffroy, 1818 – big-eared bats  
                                                    SpeciesPlecotus sardus Mucedda, Kiefer, Pidinchedda and Veith, 2002 – Sardinian Long-eared Bat  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Mucedda, Mauro, Andreas Kiefer, Ermanno Pidinchedda, and Michael Veith   
  Publication Date: 2002   
  Article/Chapter Title: A new species of long-eared bat (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) from Sardinia (Italy)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Acta Chiropterologica, vol. 4, no. 2   
  Page(s): 121-135   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1508-1109   
  Notes: DOI: 10.3161/001.004.0202   
  Reference for: original description   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Simmons, Nancy B. / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.   
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title: Order Chiroptera   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 312-529   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Plecotus sardus, Sardinian Long-eared Bat [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Spitzenberger, Friederike, Peter Strelkov, Hans Winkler, and Elisabeth Haring   
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title: A preliminary revision of the genus Plecotus (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) based on genetic and morphological results   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zoologica Scripta, vol. 35, no. 3   
  Page(s): 187-230   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0300-3256   
  Notes: DOI:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2006.00224.x   
  Reference for: Plecotus sardus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, D. E., and R. A. Mittermeier, eds.   
  Publication Date: 2019   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Handbook of the Mammals of the World. 9. Bats   
  Page(s): 1008   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona, Spain   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-84-16728190   
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  Reference for: Plecotus sardus, Sardinian Long-eared Bat [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)  
       
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 Comments
       
  Comment: Status: IUCN 2003 - not evaluated (new species)  
    Comments: Closely related to auritus and alpinus, but clearly distinct  
 

 

    


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