Doryrhina camerunensis

(Eisentraut, 1956)

Greater Round-leaf Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Eisentraut, M. 1956. Beitrag zur Chiropteren-Fauna von Kamerun (Westafrika). Zoologische Jahrbücher 85:505-540.

Original name as described

Hipposideros camerunensis

Other common names

Cameroon Leaf-nosed Bat · Greater Roundleaf Bat · Greater Leaf-nosed Bat

Type material

SMNS 5194

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

near Buea, Cameroon.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cameroon · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Uganda · Kenya

Taxonomy notes

moved from Hipposideros to Doryrhina

Taxonomy notes citation

Foley, N. M., Goodman, S. M., Whelan, C. V., Puechmaille, S. J., & Teeling, E. (2017). Towards navigating the Minotaur's labyrinth: cryptic diversity and taxonomic revision within the speciose genus Hipposideros (Hipposideridae). Acta Chiropterologica, 19(1), 1-18.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004566

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.

Hipposideros camerunensis

(Eisentraut, 1956)

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

camerunensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMNS 5194

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

526

Authority publication

Zoologische Jahrbücher

Name usages

  1. Hill (1963:80, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2340828) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2196)
  2. Eisentraut (1963:87) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68788)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:50) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:138) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1991:56) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  6. Koopman (1993:171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  7. Koopman (1994:64) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  8. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  9. Happold & Happold (2013:378) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10117) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10117) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

Doryrhina camerunensis

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

camerunensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

230

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:230) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004566) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  3. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10117/22093985) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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