Emballonura dianae

J. Edwards Hill, 1956

Large-eared Sheath-tailed Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Chiroptera
Suborder: Yangochiroptera
Superfamily: Emballonuroidea
Family: Emballonuridae
Subfamily: Emballonurinae
Tribe: Emballonurini
Genus: Emballonura

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Hill, J.E. 1956-11. The mammals of Rennell Island. Pp. 73–84 in Wolff, T. 1958. The Natural History of Rennell Island, British Solomon Islands. Volume 1 (Vertebrates). Danish Science Press, Copenhagen, 228 pp.

Authority publication link

https://archive.org/details/naturalhistoryof0001dans/page/74/mode/1up

Original name as described

Emballonura dianae

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1954.875

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7b5c9e5e-ee42-4bc0-ad9e-74e9f2778edc

Type locality

Te-Abagua Cave, near Tigoa, Rennell Island, Solomon Islands.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Papua New Guinea · Solomon Islands

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004804

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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: 5 names and synonyms.

Emballonura dianae

J. Edwards Hill, 1956

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

dianae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1954.875

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Te-Abagua cave, Rennell Island, at about 35 metres.

Type locality

Solomon Islands: Rennell.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7b5c9e5e-ee42-4bc0-ad9e-74e9f2778edc

Authority page

74

Authority page URI

https://archive.org/details/naturalhistoryof0001dans/page/74/mode/1up

Authority publication

Copenhagen

Name usages

Hill (1956:74, https://archive.org/details/naturalhistoryof0001dans/page/74/mode/1up) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69277)
Corbet & Hill (1980:44) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:49) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Koopman (1993:157) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
Koopman (1994:44) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Flannery (1995:607) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1557)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #7673) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #7673) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:360) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004804) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/7673/209522232) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Emballonura dianae dianae:

Flannery, 1995

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

dianae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

607

Authority publication

Mammalia

Name usages

Flannery (1995:607) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1557)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:360) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Emballonura dianae fruhstorferi

Flannery, 1995

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

fruhstorferi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM M.19671

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

in a cave fear Fogamaiyo Village (6°31'S, 143°05'E, elevation 100-150 metres), Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea

Type locality

Papua New Guinea: Southern Highlands Province: 6°31′S, 143°5′E.

Authority page

609

Authority publication

Mammalia

Name usages

Flannery (1995:609) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1557)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:360) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Emballonura dianae rickwoodi

Flannery, 1995

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

rickwoodi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM M.19944

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Plomognake Cave, two hours walk southeast of Ngulahahgi Village (8°15'S, 159°40'E), Santa Isabel, Solomon Islands

Type locality

Solomon Islands: Santa Isabel: 8°15′S, 159°40′E.

Authority page

608

Authority publication

Mammalia

Name usages

Flannery (1995:608) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1557)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Emballonura dianae rickwooodi:

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

rickwooodi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

360

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:360) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

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