Rhinolophus perditus

Andersen, 1918

Yaeyama Horseshoe Bat

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

Authority citation

Andersen, K.C. 1918-10-01. Diagnoses of new bats of the families Rhinolophidae and Megadermatidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)2(10):374-384.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22103259

Original name as described

Rhinolophus perditus

Other common names

Lost Horseshoe Bat · Ryukyu Horseshoe Bat · Yaeyama Little Horseshoe Bat · Imaizumi's Horseshoe Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1905.11.3.15

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7e9ae616-80e3-40e8-a76d-620f514bd499

Type locality

"Ishigaki, southern Liu-Kiu [= Ryukyu Islands], " Japan.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Japan

Taxonomy notes

split from R. cornutus; may include imaizumi, but the species is tentatively retained here following Cirranello and Simmons Bat Database

Taxonomy notes citation

Wu, Y., Motokawa, M., Harada, M., Thong, V.D., Lin, L.-K. and Li, Y.-c. 2012. Morphometric variation in the pusillus group of the genus Rhinolophus (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae) in East Asia. Zoological Science 29(6):396-402. doi:10.2108/zsj.29.396

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004725

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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: 3 names and synonyms.

Rhinolophus perditus

Andersen, 1918

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

perditus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1905.11.3.15

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Ishigaki, southern Liu-Kiu

Type locality

Japan: Kyūshū Region: Okinawa Prefecture.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7e9ae616-80e3-40e8-a76d-620f514bd499

Authority page

376

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22103259

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000761) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000761) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:311) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004725) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/85707170/85707174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Rhinolophus cornutus perditus:

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

perditus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

117

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722418

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:117, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722418) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
Hill & Yoshiyuki (1980:186) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2129)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Rhinolophus perditus perditus:

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

perditus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

311

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:311) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

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