Emballonura monticola

(J. E. Gray, 1838)

Lesser Sheath-tailed Bat

Wild - roosting under wooden table
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Location:Malaysia, Negri Sembilan, Pasoh Forest ReserveDate taken:1 January 1981Description:Wild - roosting under wooden table

Distribution :

Burma and Thailand to W Malaysia; Borneo; Sumatra, Rhio Arch., Banka, Billiton, Enggano, Babi Isls, Batu Isls, Nias Isl, Mentawai Isls, Java, Sulawesi

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1435

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

Gray, J.E. 1838-02-01. A revision of the genera of bats (Vespertilionidae), and the description of some new genera and species. Magazine of Zoology and Botany 2(12):483-505.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40026403

Original name as described

Proboscidea monticola

Type material

RMNH.MAM.35332

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35332.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35332.b

Type locality

Mount Munara, Java, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia · Indomalaya

Country distribution

Indonesia · Malaysia · Myanmar · Singapore · Thailand · Brunei?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004806

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: 6 names and synonyms.

Proboscidea monticola

J. E. Gray, 1838

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

monticola

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.35332

Type kind

syntypes

Original type locality

Java

Type locality

Indonesia: Java.

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35332.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35332.b

Authority page

500

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40026403

Authority publication

Magazine of Zoology and Botany

Name usages

Gray (1838:500, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40026403) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34750)

Emballonura monticola:

Temminck, 1838

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

monticola

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Type

RMNH.MAM.35332

Type kind

syntypes

Original type locality

Deze nieuwe soort is ontdekt door de Heeren Kuhl en van Hasselt, in de eenzame woeste streken der Munara-gebergten op het eiland Java

Type locality

Indonesia: Java.

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35332.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35332.b

Authority page

25

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13474799

Authority publication

Tijdschrift voor Natuurlijke Geschiedenis en Physiologie

Name usages

Temminck (1838:25, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13474799) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60651)
Temminck (1841:294) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59645)
Lesson (1842:20) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
Murray (1866:347, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580343) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Peters (1868:626, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35990148) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67624)
Fitzinger (1870:494, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61942293) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37089)
Elera (1895:14, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38853924) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68680)
Trouessart (1904:97, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422926) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Lyon (1911:132, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15845294) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15501)
Hollister (1912:12, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34354164) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15163)
Chasen (1931:113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16665)
Chasen (1940:31) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
Shamel (1940:354) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11512)
Shamel (1942:317) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1493)
Miller (1942:118) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12073)
Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:103, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722404) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
Laurie & Hill (1954:48, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635588) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
Davis (1962:34) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16694)
Medway (1965:50) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34580)
Corbet & Hill (1980:44) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:130) (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)
Kofron (2002:268) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2188)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #7674) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #7674) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:359) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004806) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/7674/22134864) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Emballonura semicaudata:

Blanford, 1891

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

semicaudata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Original type locality

This species until lately had only been found in the islands of the Pacific, especially in the Viji Islands. Recently a specimen was received at the British Museum from Sarawak in Borneo, and Dr. Anderson has found the same bat in the Mergui Archipelago.

Authority page

345

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28223275

Authority publication

London

Emballonura peninsularis

G. S. Miller, 1898

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

peninsularis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:83575

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Thailand.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3feef6f29-dbdb-4abb-aaaf-11276a86473d

Authority page

323

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1647817

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:97, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422926) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Lyon (1908:666, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62629833) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17209)
Sody (1940:400) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31855)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Emballonura pusilla

Lyon, 1911

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

pusilla

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:153940

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Indonesia: Kalimantan.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/36ab0bdb5-62fd-4139-b7af-322d5dec1779

Authority page

132

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15845294

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

Lyon (1911:132, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15845294) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15501)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Emballonura monticola monticola:

Chasen, 1931

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

monticola

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

113

Authority publication

Bulletin of Raffles Museum

Name usages

Chasen (1931:113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16665)
Chasen (1940:31) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
Shamel (1942:317) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1493)
Laurie & Hill (1954:48, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635588) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
Davis (1962:34) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16694)
Medway (1965:50) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34580)

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