Hipposideros abae

J. A. Allen in J. A. Allen, H. Lang, & Chapin, 1917

Aba Roundleaf Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Chiroptera
Suborder: Yinpterochiroptera
Superfamily: Rhinolophoidea
Family: Hipposideridae
Genus: Hipposideros

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Allen, J.A., Lang, H. and Chapin, J.P. 1917-09-29. The American Museum Congo Expedition collection of bats. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 37(18):405-563.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/2246/1068

Original name as described

Hipposideros abæ

Other common names

Aba Leaf-nosed Bat

Type material

AMNH M-49123

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-49123

Type locality

"Aba, Uele district, Belgian Congo [= DR Congo]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Burkina Faso · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Cote d'Ivoire · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Ghana · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Liberia · Nigeria · Sierra Leone · South Sudan · Togo · Uganda · Benin? · Chad? · Mali?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004574

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 1 name and synonym.

Hipposideros abæ

J. A. Allen in J. A. Allen, H. Lang, & Chapin, 1917

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

abae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-49123

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Aba, Uele district, Belgian Congo

Type locality

Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-49123

Authority page

432

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Allen (1939:79, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Hill (1963:97, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2340775) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2196)
Eisentraut (1963:89) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68788)
Koopman (1975:394) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35441)
Corbet & Hill (1980:50) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:137) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:56) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Koopman (1993:171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
Koopman (1994:65) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Happold & Happold (2013:372) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10109) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10109) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Weber, Wistuba, Astrin & Decher (2019:23) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/73107)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:247) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004574) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10109/22097582) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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