Craseonycteris thonglongyai

J. Edwards Hill, 1974

Kitti's Hog-nosed Bat

Close-up of head, side view. Also as Bumblebee Bat|Hog-nosed Bat|Kitti's Bat.
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Location:ThailandDate taken:Jan 1, 1980

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 498

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Hill, J.E. 1974. A new family, genus and species of bat (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from Thailand. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Zoology)27(7):301-336.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2261667

Original name as described

Craseonycteris thonglongyai

Other common names

Bumblebee Bat · Hog-nosed Bat · Kitti's Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1977.2990 (= TNRC 54-3871)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/68152425-701e-4160-8b4e-31e5e0522fe0 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f371dee4-8728-43a4-a507-b02485434587

Type locality

"Cave near Forestry Station, Ban Sai Yoke [= Yok], Kanchanaburi, Thailand, 14°26' N, 98°51' E."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Myanmar · Thailand

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004554

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: 1 name and synonym.

Craseonycteris thonglongyai

J. Edwards Hill, 1974

Family

Craseonycteridae

Root name

thonglongyai

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1977.2990 (= TNRC 54-3871)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/68152425-701e-4160-8b4e-31e5e0522fe0 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f371dee4-8728-43a4-a507-b02485434587

Authority page

305

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2261667

Authority publication

Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History)

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:46) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1991:52) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  3. Koopman (1993:155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  4. Koopman (1994:41) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  5. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5481) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5481) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:181) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004554) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5481/22072935) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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