Doryrhina cyclops

(Temminck, 1853)

Cyclops 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

Temminck, C.J. 1853. Esquisses zoologiques sur la côte de Guiné. E. J. Brill, Leiden, 256 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835822

Original name as described

Phyllorrhina cyclops

Other common names

Cyclops Roundleaf Bat · Cyclops Leaf-nosed Bat

Type material

RMNH.MAM.35973.a, RMNH.MAM.35973.b

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35973.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35973.b

Type locality

Boutry River, Ghana.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Gambia · Senegal · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Nigeria · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · South Sudan · Uganda · Kenya · Rwanda · Burundi · Tanzania · Chad?

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

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004568

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.

Phyllorrhina cyclops

(Temminck, 1853)

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

cyclops

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.35973.a, RMNH.MAM.35973.b

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35973.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35973.b

Authority page

75

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835822

Authority publication

Leiden

Phyllorhina cyclops

(W. C. H. Peters, 1871)

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

cyclops

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

314

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36627564

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

Peters (1871:314, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36627564) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66510)

Rhinolophus micaceus

(de Winton, 1897)

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

micacea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.12.1.7

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1273faa7-240b-4712-b6ba-0d75db17671e https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1273faa7-240b-4712-b6ba-0d75db17671e/1677110400000

Authority page

524

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27415516

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Hipposiderus cyclops

(Dollman, 1914)

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

cyclops

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

76

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11472356

Authority publication

Revue zoologique africaine

Name usages

Dollman (1914:76, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11472356) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16563)

Hipposideros langi

(J. A. Allen in J. A. Allen, Lang, & Chapin, 1917)

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

langi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-49098

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-49098

Authority page

434

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Allen & Coolidge (1930:577, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61248245) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68614)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Hipposideros cyclops

(J. Edwards Hill, 1963)

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

cyclops

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

78

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2340830

Authority publication

Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History)

Name usages

  1. Hill (1963:78, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2340830) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2196)
  2. Eisentraut (1963:86) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68788)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:51) (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 (1993:172) (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 (2013:380) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)

Doryrhina cyclops

N. M. Foley, S. M. Goodman, Whelan, Puechmaille, & E. Teeling, 2017

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

cyclops

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

12

Authority publication

Acta Chiropterologica

Name usages

  1. Foley, Goodman, Whelan, Puechmaille & Teeling (2017:12) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30041)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10126) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10126) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:230) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004568) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10126/22095945) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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