Asellia italosomalica

De Beaux, 1931

Somalian Trident Round-leaf Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

De Beaux, O. 1931. Spedizione del barone Raimondo Franchetti in Dancalia. Mammiferi. Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria 55:183-217.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34495012

Original name as described

Asellia tridens italosomalica

Other common names

Horn-of-Africa Trident Leaf-nosed Bat · Somalian Trident Bat · Somalian Trident Leaf-nosed Bat

Type material

MSNG 30942

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Oddur," Somalia.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Somalia · Yemen

Taxonomy notes

split from A. tridens

Taxonomy notes citation

Benda, P., Vallo, P., & Reiter, A. (2011). Taxonomic revision of the genus Asellia (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae) with a description of a new species from southern Arabia. Acta Chiropterologica, 13(2), 245-270.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004557

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.

Asellia tridens italosomalica

De Beaux, 1931

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

italosomalica

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MSNG 30942

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

190

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34495012

Authority publication

Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria

Name usages

  1. Koopman (1994:68) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Asellia italosomalica

Benda, Vallo, & Reiter, 2011

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

italosomalica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

261

Authority publication

Acta Chiropterologica

Name usages

  1. Benda, Vallo & Reiter (2011:261) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2193)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000394) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000394) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:229) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004557) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/80221456/95642175) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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