Hipposideros fuliginosus

(Temminck, 1853)

Sooty 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

Temminck, C.J. 1853. Esquisses zoologiques sur la côte de Guiné. E. J. Brill, Leiden, 256 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835824

Original name as described

Phyllorrhina fuliginosa

Other common names

Sooty Leaf-nosed Bat

Type material

RMNH.MAM.35972

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35972.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35972.b

Type locality

"La côte de Guiné [= coast of Guinea]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cameroon · Central African Republic · Cote d'Ivoire · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Ghana · Guinea · Liberia · Nigeria · Sierra Leone · Uganda · Republic of the Congo?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004598

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Known distribution is shown in green and predicted distribution is in yellow.Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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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: 4 names and synonyms.

Phyllorrhina fuliginosa

Temminck, 1853

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

fuliginosus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.35972

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

La côte de Guiné

Type locality

Ghana.

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35972.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35972.b

Authority page

77

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835824

Authority publication

Leiden

Phyllorhina fuliginosa:

W. C. H. Peters, 1871

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

fuliginosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

324

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36627574

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

Peters (1871:324, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36627574) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66510)
Peters (1876:474, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35329851) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17187)
Rochebrune (1883:95, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26187548) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43667)
Seabra (1898:255, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61089964) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68453)

Hipposiderus fuliginosa:

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

fuliginosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

71

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422900

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:71, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422900) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Hipposideros fuliginosus:

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

fuliginosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

81

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782171

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:81, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Hill (1963:61, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2340847) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2196)
Eisentraut (1963:89) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68788)
Largen, Kock & Yalden (1974:240) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36071)
Corbet & Hill (1980:51) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:56) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Koopman (1993:173) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
Koopman (1994:62) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Yalden, Largen, Kock & Hillman (1996:86) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36072)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Fahr, Djossa & Vierhaus (2006:245) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1766)
Happold & Happold (2013:383) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
Decher, Hoffmann, Schaer, Norris, Kadjo, Astrin, Monadjem & Hutterer (2015:265) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27973)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10134) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10134) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:248) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004598) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10134/22090466) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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