Cardioderma cor

(W. C. H. Peters, 1872)

Heart-nosed False-vampire

Facial view of roosting adult with eyes open, tragus and noseleaf visible. Also as African False Vampire Bat, African Heart-nosed Bat, Heart-nosed Bat, Heart-nosed Big-eared Bat.
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Location:Kenya, Taita-Taveta county (former Coast province) Tsavo RanchesDate taken:6 April 2005Description:Facial view of roosting adult with eyes open, tragus and noseleaf visible. Also as African False Vampire Bat, African Heart-nosed Bat, Heart-nosed Bat, Heart-nosed Big-eared Bat.

Distribution :

Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, E Sudan, Tanzania, Zanzibar.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1607

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Peters, W.C.H. 1872. Über die Arten der Chiropterengattung Megaderma. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1872:192-196.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35721122

Original name as described

Megaderma cor

Other common names

African False Vampire Bat · African Heart-nosed Bat · Heart-nosed Bat · Heart-nosed Big-eared Bat

Type material

ZMB 4181

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Abyssinien [= Ethiopia]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Djibouti · Eritrea · Ethiopia · Kenya · Somalia · South Sudan · Sudan · Tanzania · Uganda

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004645

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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.

Megaderma cor

W. C. H. Peters, 1872

Family

Megadermatidae

Root name

cor

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 4181

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

angeblich aus Abyssinien

Type locality

Ethiopia.

Authority page

194

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35721122

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

Matschie (1895:19, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835393) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)
Thomas (1903:308, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31543409) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16362)
Thomas (1904:94, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27733821) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16538)
Trouessart (1904:73, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422902) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Cardioderma cor:

Andersen & Wroughton, 1907

Family

Megadermatidae

Root name

cor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

141

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24254601

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Andersen & Wroughton (1907:141, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24254601) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16850)
Miller (1907:106, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51112305) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15503)
Dollman (1914:88, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11472368) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16563)
Allen (1939:71, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782125) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Largen, Kock & Yalden (1974:235) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36071)
Koopman (1975:381) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35441)
Corbet & Hill (1980:47) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:135) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Aggundey & Schlitter (1984:127, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52373525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30597)
Corbet & Hill (1991:53) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Koopman (1993:162) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
Koopman (1994:51) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Yalden, Largen, Kock & Hillman (1996:85) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36072)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Happold & Happold (2013:404) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #3859) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #3859) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:191) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004645) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/3859/22136371) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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