Hipposideros pelingensis

Shamel, 1940

Peleng Roundleaf Bat

Also as Peleng Leaf-nosed Bat.
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Location:Indonesia, South Sulawesi province, near KendariDate taken:13 September 2025Description:Also as Peleng Leaf-nosed Bat.

Distribution :

Peleng Isl and Sulawesi (Indonesia).

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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

Shamel, H.H. 1940-08-13. The insectivorous bats collected by H. C. Raven in Celebes. Journal of Mammalogy 21(3):352-354.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.2307/1374766

Original name as described

Hipposideros pelingensis

Other common names

Peleng Leaf-nosed Bat

Type material

USNM:MAMM:219433

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/33c1d693e-1b57-490a-9ac5-c4b0626982d9

Type locality

"Island of Peleng, Celebes [= east of Sulawesi], " Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004626

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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 pelingensis

Shamel, 1940

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

pelingensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:219433

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Island of Peling, Celebes

Type locality

Indonesia: Sulawesi: Banggai Islands.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/33c1d693e-1b57-490a-9ac5-c4b0626982d9

Authority page

353

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

Shamel (1940:353) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11512)
Laurie & Hill (1954:60, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635600) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136600) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136600) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:243) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004626) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136600/21996457) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Hipposideros dinops pelingensis:

J. Edwards Hill, 1963

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

pelingensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

113

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2340759

Authority publication

Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History)

Name usages

Hill (1963:113, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2340759) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2196)
Koopman (1994:67) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

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