NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Blanford's Bat
Hesperoptenus (Milithronycteris) blanfordi (Dobson, 1877)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
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Open encyclopedia reference
Blanford's bat (Hesperoptenus blanfordi), also known as the least false-serotine bat, is a species of vesper bat. It can be found in Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand, where it lives in various different forested habitats. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed its conservation status as being of "least concern".
Wikipedia contributors, Blanford's bat; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T03:37:45.730749+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Hesperoptenus (Milithronycteris) blanfordi (Dobson, 1877)
- Name authority
- (Dobson, 1877)
- Common name
- Blanford's Bat
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Vespertilionidae
- Genus
- Hesperoptenus
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
- subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
- infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
- orderChiroptera Blumenbach, 1779
- suborderYangochiroptera Koopman, 1984
- superfamilyVespertilionoidea Gray, 1821
- familyVespertilionidae Gray, 1821
- subfamilyVespertilioninae Gray, 1821
- tribeEptesicini Volleth & Heller, 1994
- genusHesperoptenus Peters, 1868
- subgenusMilithronycteris Hill, 1976
- speciesHesperoptenus (Milithronycteris) blanfordi (Dobson, 1877)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Hesperoptenus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Tickell's BatHesperoptenus (Milithronycteris) tickelli (Blyth, 1851) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Large False SerotineHesperoptenus (Milithronycteris) tomesi Thomas, 1905 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Doria's False SerotineHesperoptenus (Hesperoptenus) doriae (Peters, 1868) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gaskell's False SerotineHesperoptenus (Milithronycteris) gaskelli Hill, 1983 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Vesperugo blanfordi Dobson, 1877 Dobson, 1877 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=631977 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3L5SM. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.