Hipposideros lylei

O. Thomas, 1913

Shield-faced Roundleaf Bat

Also as Shield-faced Leaf-nosed Bat.
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Location:Malaysia, Pahang state, Kota Gelanggi CavesDate taken:30 September 2023Description:Also as Shield-faced Leaf-nosed Bat.

Distribution :

Burma, Vietnam, Thailand, W Malaysia.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 7037

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

Thomas, O. 1913-07-01. Some new Ferae from Asia and Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)12(67):88-92.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22099575

Original name as described

Hipposideros lylei

Other common names

Shield-faced Leaf-nosed Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1913.4.18.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/67763d87-afb5-43e0-a028-3fa43bec0d28

Type locality

"Chiengdao Cave, 50 miles [= 80 km] north of Chiengmai [= Chiang Mai, northern Thailand]. Alt. 350 m."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

China · Malaysia · Myanmar · Thailand · Vietnam · Laos?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004615

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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 lylei

O. Thomas, 1913

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

lylei

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1913.4.18.3

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

N. Siam. Type from Chiengdao Cave, 50 miles north of Chiengmai. Alt. 350 m.

Type locality

Thailand.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/67763d87-afb5-43e0-a028-3fa43bec0d28

Authority page

88

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22099575

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Chasen (1940:42) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
Hill (1963:90, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2340818) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2196)
Corbet & Hill (1980:51) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:139, 140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:57) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Koopman (1993:173) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
Koopman (1994:64) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Borisenko & Kruskop (2003:89) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1505)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Smith & Xie (2008:348) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10145) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10145) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:240) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004615) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10145/22100391) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Hipposideros pratti lylei:

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

lylei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

130

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722431

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:130, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722431) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)

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