NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Welwitch's bat
Myotis (Chrysopteron) welwitschii (Gray, 1866)
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.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Myotis (Chrysopteron) welwitschii (Gray, 1866)
- Name authority
- (Gray, 1866)
- Common name
- Welwitch's bat
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Vespertilionidae
- Genus
- Myotis
- 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
- subfamilyMyotinae Tate, 1942
- genusMyotis Kaup, 1829
- subgenusChrysopteron Jentink, 1910
- speciesMyotis (Chrysopteron) welwitschii (Gray, 1866)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Myotis. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Silver-tipped MyotisMyotis (Pizonyx) albescens (E. Geoffroy, 1806) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sichuan MyotisMyotis (Myotis) altarium Thomas, 1911 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Anna Tess's MyotisMyotis (Myotis) annatessae Kruskop & Borisenko, 2013 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chestnut MyotisMyotis (Myotis) badius Tiunov, Kruskop & Feng, 2011 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bechstein's MyotisMyotis (Myotis) bechsteinii (Kuhl, 1817) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lesser Mouse-eared MyotisMyotis (Myotis) blythii (Tomes, 1857) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brandt's MyotisMyotis (Pizonyx) brandtii (Eversmann, 1845) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| California MyotisMyotis (Pizonyx) californicus (Audubon & Bachman, 1842) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chilean MyotisMyotis (Pizonyx) chiloensis (Waterhouse, 1840) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Small-footed MyotisMyotis (Pizonyx) ciliolabrum (Merriam, 1886) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Indochinese MyotisMyotis (Myotis) indochinensis Son, Görföl, Francis, Motokawa, Estók, Endo, Thong, Dang, Oshida & Csorba, 2013 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Insular MyotisMyotis (Myotis) insularum (Dobson, 1878) | 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 |
|---|---|
| Scotophilus welwitschii Gray, 1866 Gray, 1866 | 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=632061 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. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
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:456HK. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.