Hipposideros curtus

G. M. Allen, 1921

Short-tailed 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, G.M. 1921. A new horseshoe bat from West Africa. Revue zoologique africaine 9(2):193-196.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11299924

Original name as described

Hipposideros curtus

Other common names

Short-tailed Leaf-nosed Bat

Type material

MCZ:Mamm:19305

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:19305

Type locality

Sakbayeme, Cameroon.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cameroon · Equatorial Guinea · Nigeria

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004590

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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: 2 names and synonyms.

Hipposideros curtus

G. M. Allen, 1921

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

curtus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:19305

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Sakbayeme, Cameroons.

Type locality

Cameroon: 4°6′N, 10°30′E.

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:19305

Authority page

194

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11299924

Authority publication

Revue zoologique africaine

Name usages

Hill (1963:60, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2340848) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2196)
Eisentraut (1963:89) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68788)
Corbet & Hill (1980:51) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:138) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:56) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Koopman (1993:172) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
Koopman (1994:62) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Happold & Happold (2013:379) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10125) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10125) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:245) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004590) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10125/22096364) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Hipposideros sandersoni

I. T. Sanderson, 1937

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

sandersoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type locality

Cameroon.

Authority page

290, 296

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

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