Rhinolophus acuminatus

W. C. H. Peters, 1871

Acuminate Horseshoe Bat

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Location:Laos, Champassak provinceDate taken:Jan 1, 1998

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Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Peters, W.C.H. 1871. Hr. W. Peters las über die Gattungen und Arten der Hufeisennasen, Rhinolophi. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1871:301-332.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36627558

Original name as described

Rhinolophus acuminatus

Type material

ZMB 2548

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

"Gadok." Java, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Myanmar · Vietnam · Laos · Cambodia · Thailand · Malaysia · Indonesia · Philippines

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004652

Country distribution map

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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: 11 names and synonyms.

Rhinolophus acuminatus

W. C. H. Peters, 1871

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

acuminatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 2548

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

308

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36627558

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Peters (1871:308, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36627558) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66510)
  2. Chasen (1940:38) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
  3. Sanborn (1952:103, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2785497) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15029)
  4. Sanborn (1952:3) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35497)
  5. Laurie & Hill (1954:53, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635593) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
  6. Davis (1962:38) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16694)
  7. Medway (1965:54) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34580)
  8. Hill & Yoshiyuki (1980:185) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2129)
  9. Corbet & Hill (1980:47) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  10. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  11. Kitchener & Foley (1985:224, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53128788) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1590)
  12. Corbet & Hill (1991:53) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  13. Koopman (1993:163) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  14. Koopman (1994:54) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  15. Esselstyn, Widmann & Heaney (2004:284, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35515737) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5880)
  16. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  17. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19520) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  18. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19520) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  19. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:310) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  20. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004652) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  21. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19520/21974227) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Rhinolophus acuminatus audax

Andersen, 1905

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

audax

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.4.18.16

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/dff50a14-aa04-4cc9-ac69-885e8bca7c28

Authority page

133

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31207594

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Chasen (1940:38) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
  2. Laurie & Hill (1954:53, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635593) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
  3. Hill & Yoshiyuki (1980:185) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2129)
  4. Kitchener & Foley (1985:224, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53128788) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1590)
  5. Koopman (1994:54) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  6. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:310) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Rhinolophus calypso

Andersen, 1905

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

calypso

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1894.1.7.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/90360bce-8e13-406a-baa4-6a39171f3217

Authority page

134

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31207595

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Rhinolophus sumatranus

Andersen, 1905

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

sumatranus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1904.4.1.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/12878cb8-be25-47a3-a84e-16ea2a80cecc

Authority page

133

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31207594

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Rhinolophus circe

Andersen, 1906

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

circe

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:141343

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/356867b8a-4aca-4c6a-a5e4-e7d7bfcd9397

Authority page

657

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15666485

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Rhinolophus anderseni aequalis

G. M. Allen, 1922

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

aequalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UMMZ 53112

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

2

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13902584

Authority publication

Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan

Name usages

  1. Koopman (1994:53) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Rhinolophus acuminatus acuminatus

Chasen, 1940

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

acuminatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

38

Authority publication

Bulletin of Raffles Museum

Name usages

  1. Chasen (1940:38) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
  2. Sanborn (1952:103, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2785497) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15029)
  3. Sanborn (1952:3) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35497)
  4. Laurie & Hill (1954:53, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635593) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
  5. Hill & Yoshiyuki (1980:185) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2129)
  6. Koopman (1994:54) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  7. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Rhinolophus acuminatus sumatranus

Chasen, 1940

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

sumatranus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

39

Authority publication

Bulletin of Raffles Museum

Name usages

  1. Chasen (1940:39) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
  2. Davis (1962:38) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16694)
  3. Medway (1965:54) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34580)
  4. Hill & Yoshiyuki (1980:185) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2129)
  5. Koopman (1994:54) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  6. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:310) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Rhinolophus acuminatus calypso

Chasen, 1940

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

calypso

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

39

Authority publication

Bulletin of Raffles Museum

Name usages

  1. Chasen (1940:39) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
  2. Hill & Yoshiyuki (1980:185) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2129)
  3. Koopman (1994:54) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  4. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Rhinolophus acuminatus circe

Chasen, 1940

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

circe

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

39

Authority publication

Bulletin of Raffles Museum

Name usages

  1. Chasen (1940:39) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
  2. Hill & Yoshiyuki (1980:185) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2129)
  3. Koopman (1994:54) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  4. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:310) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

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