Anthops ornatus

O. Thomas, 1888

Solomons Leaf-nosed Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Pteropodiformes
Superfamily : Rhinolophoidea
Family : Hipposideridae
Genus : Anthops

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1888-02-01. Diagnoses of six new mammals from the Solomon Islands. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)1(2):155-158.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26195151

Original name as described

Anthops ornatus

Other common names

Flower-faced Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1888.1.5.16

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/859f5a15-9513-481d-b029-51c69c5c2305

Type locality

"Aola, Guadalcanar [= Guadalcanal Island], Solomon Islands."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Papua New Guinea · Solomon Islands

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004555

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. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Anthops ornatus

O. Thomas, 1888

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

ornatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1888.1.5.16

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/859f5a15-9513-481d-b029-51c69c5c2305

Authority page

156

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26195151

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:52) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:136) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #1620) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #1620) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:235) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004555) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/1620/22103184) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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