Rhinopoma hardwickii

J. E. Gray, 1831

Lesser Mouse-tailed Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gray, J.E. 1831. Descriptions of some new genera and species of bats. Zoological Miscellany 1:37-38.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49831381

Original name as described

Rhinopoma Hardwickii

Other common names

Hardwicke's Lesser Mouse-tailed Bat · Lesser Rat-tailed Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1e

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1149f360-32db-4041-95e3-ee9e4fde2d2e

Type locality

"Bengal, " India.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic · Indomalaya · Palearctic

Country distribution

Afghanistan · India · Iran · Iraq · Pakistan

Taxonomy notes

previously included R. cystops

Taxonomy notes citation

Hulva, P., Horáček, I. and Benda, P. 2007. Molecules, morphometrics and new fossils provide an integrated view of the evolutionary history of Rhinopomatidae (Mammalia: Chiroptera). BMC Evolutionary Biology 7(165):1-15. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-7-165

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004772

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: 7 names and synonyms.

Rhinopoma Hardwickii

J. E. Gray, 1831

Family

Rhinopomatidae

Root name

hardwickii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1e

Type kind

lectotype

Original type locality

Bengal

Type locality

Asia: Southern Asia.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1149f360-32db-4041-95e3-ee9e4fde2d2e

Authority page

37

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49831381

Authority publication

Zoological Miscellany

Name usages

Gray (1831:37, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49831381) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34765)
Gray (1838:486, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40026389) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34750)
Smith (1842:132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
Blyth (1844:492, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40057319) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68447)
Fitzinger (1861:391, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6438324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39159)
Blyth (1863:28, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534712) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
Jerdon (1867:29, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37299660) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68353)
Stoliczka (1872:221, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37137937) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67309)
Blyth (1875:18, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38674984) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68967)
Chasen (1940:31) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
Uchikawa & Kock (1989:877) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34832)
Corbet & Hill (1991:49) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Harrison & Bates (1991:29) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64137)
Yalden, Largen, Kock & Hillman (1996:82) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36072)
Bates & Harrison (1997:35) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27903)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Benda, Faizolâhi, Andreas, Obuch, Reiter, Ševčík, Uhrin, Vallo & Ashrafi (2012:207) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/25233)
Happold & Happold (2013:412) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
Benda & Gaisler (2015:281) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/29223)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19599) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19599) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:175) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Akmali, Abbasian, Parsatabar & Malekpour Fard (2019:161) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/56885)
Mensoor (2021:46) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59172)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004772) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/82345477/21999269) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)
Benda, Reiter, Uhrin, Vallo & Uvizl (2026:25) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72957)

Rhinopoma Hardwickei:

E. Blyth, 1853

Family

Rhinopomatidae

Root name

hardwickei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

410

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40267896

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

Blyth (1853:410, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40267896) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67348)
Thomas (1903:497, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19368048) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16523)
Trouessart (1904:100, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422929) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Wroughton (1921:550, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30359193) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11626)
Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:102, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722403) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
Largen, Kock & Yalden (1974:230) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36071)
Nader (1975:334) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67725)
Koopman (1975:367) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35441)
Koopman (1975:367) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35441)
Hill (1977:36, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26495657) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69429)
Corbet & Hill (1980:43) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Aggundey & Schlitter (1984:124, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52373522) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30597)
Koopman (1993:155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
Koopman (1994:40) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Benazzou (1998:7) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/73036)
Van Cakenberghe, Herrel & Aguirre (2002:222) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69924)
O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:389) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)

Rhinopoma hardwickei hardwickei:

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951

Family

Rhinopomatidae

Root name

hardwickei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

namecombination · incorrectsubsequent_spelling

Authority page

102

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722403

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:102, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722403) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
Hill (1977:40, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26495680) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69429)

Rhinopoma hardwickei sondaicum

Van Cakenberghe & De Vree, 1994

Family

Rhinopomatidae

Root name

sondaicum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MHNG 952.21

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

"Archipel de la Sonde" (= Sunda archipelago) [precise locality not known]

Type locality

Asia: Southeastern Asia.

Authority page

16

Authority publication

Senckenbergiana biologica

Rhinopoma hardwickii hardwickii:

Simmons, 2005

Family

Rhinopomatidae

Root name

hardwickii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Benda, Reiter, Uhrin, Vallo & Uvizl (2026:25) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72957)

Rhinopoma hardwickii sondaicum:

Simmons, 2005

Family

Rhinopomatidae

Root name

sondaicum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Benda, Reiter, Uhrin, Vallo & Uvizl (2026:25) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72957)

Rhinopoma hardwickii persicum

Benda, Reiter, Uhrin, Vallo, & Uvizl, 2026

Family

Rhinopomatidae

Root name

persicum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMPr 48162

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Iran, Khuzestan Province, valley 3 km south of Chenarestan and 9 km south-west of Izeh, small cave, 31°45'17″N, 49°48'39″E, 985 m a. s. l.

Type locality

Iran.

Authority page

21

Authority publication

Mammalia

Name usages

Benda, Reiter, Uhrin, Vallo & Uvizl (2026:21) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72957)

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