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
Nominal names: ariel O. Thomas, 1911 | wardi O. Thomas, 1911
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Chiroptera -- Family: Vespertilionidae -- Subfamily: Vespertilioninae -- Tribe: Plecotini
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: BMNH:Mamm:1906.10.3.2
Type locality: Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Afghanistan (AFG) | Pakistan (PAK) | India (IND) | Nepal (NPL) | China (CHN)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is newly recognized since MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Least concern
Species-specific notes: split from P. austriacus; includes ariel, which has been considered a distinct species
Citation: 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.|Fukui, D., Tan Tu, V., Thanh, H. T., Arai, S., Harada, M., Csorba, G., & 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.
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