Hipposideros muscinus

(O. Thomas & Doria, 1886)

Fly River Leaf-nosed Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. and Doria, G. 1886-11-25. Note intorno ad alcuni Chirotteri appartenenti al Museo Civico di Genova e descrizione di due nuove specie del genere Phyllorhina. Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova 24:201-207.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61244168

Original name as described

Phyllorhina muscina

Other common names

Fly River Roundleaf Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1886.11.3.10, MNHN-ZM-MO-1886-1581, RMNH.MAM.37350.a, RMNH.MAM.37350.b

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1886-1581 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.37350.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.37350.b https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fbe873c9-531e-461a-865a-84cb41e4bd0b

Type locality

"Fly River," Western Province, Papua New Guinea.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia · Papua New Guinea

Taxonomy notes

has been included under Doryrhina based on suspected close relationship to Doryrhina cyclops, but this relationship has not been examined using molecular data at this point and it is retained under Hipposideros here for the time being

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. · Wilson D.E. & Mittermeier R.A. 2019. Handbook of the mammals of the world. Vol. 9. Bats. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004570

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.

Phyllorhina muscina

(O. Thomas & Doria, 1886)

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

muscinus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1886.11.3.10, MNHN-ZM-MO-1886-1581, RMNH.MAM.37350.a, RMNH.MAM.37350.b

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1886-1581 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.37350.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.37350.b https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fbe873c9-531e-461a-865a-84cb41e4bd0b

Authority page

201

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61244168

Authority publication

Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova

Hipposideros muscinus

J. Edwards Hill, 1963

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

muscinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

81

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2340827

Authority publication

Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History)

Name usages

  1. Hill (1963:81, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2340827) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2196)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:51) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10151) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10151) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004570) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10151/209537407) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Doryrhina muscinus

(D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019)

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

muscinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

231

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:231) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

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