Authority citation: Rafinesque, C.S. 1814. Précis des découvertes somiologiques ou zoologiques et botaniques de C.S. Rafinesque. Aux dépens de l'Auteur, Palermo, 55 pp.
Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5282848
Original name as described: Cephalotes teniotis
Nominal names: teniotis (Rafinesque, 1814) | cestonii (Savi, 1825) | cestoni (A. G. Desmarest, 1826) [incorrect subsequent spelling] | rueppellii (Temminck, 1826) [as emended] | ruppelii (Lesson, 1827) [incorrect subsequent spelling] | rueppelii (J. B. Fischer, 1829) [incorrect subsequent spelling] | taeniotis (J. B. Fischer, 1829) [incorrect subsequent spelling] | ruppellii (Lesson, 1836) [incorrect subsequent spelling] | rueppelli (J. E. Gray, 1838) [incorrect subsequent spelling] | savii (H. R. Schinz, 1840) [nomen novum] | nigrogrisea (Schneider, 1871) | rueppellii Qumsiyeh, 1985 [justified emendation]
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Chiroptera -- Family: Molossidae -- Subfamily: Molossinae
Type locality: Sicily, Italy.
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Canary Islands | Morocco (MAR) | Algeria (DZA) | Tunisia (TUN) | Libya (LBY) | Egypt (EGY) | Portugal (PRT) | Spain (ESP) | France (FRA) | Switzerland (CHE) | Italy (ITA) | Malta (MLT) | Croatia (HRV) | Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) | Montenegro (MNE) | Serbia (SRB) | Kosovo | Albania (ALB) | North Macedonia (MKD) | Bulgaria (BGR) | Greece (GRC) | Turkey (TUR) | Cyprus (CYP) | Syria (SYR) | Lebanon (LBN) | Israel (ISR) | Palestine | Jordan (JOR) | Saudi Arabia (SAU) | Russia (RUS) | Georgia (GEO) | Armenia (ARM) | Azerbaijan (AZE) | Iran (IRN) | Turkmenistan (TKM) | Uzbekistan (UZB) | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) | Tajikistan (TJK) | Afghanistan (AFG) | India (IND) | Bhutan (BTN) | Myanmar (MMR) | China?
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Least concern
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