Hipposideros semoni

Matschie, 1903

Semon's 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

Matschie, P. 1903. Die Chiropteren, Insectivoren und Muriden der Semon'schen Porschungsreise. Denkschriften der Medizinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft Jena 8:771-778.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39292575

Original name as described

Hipposideros semoni

Other common names

Semon's Roundleaf Bat

Type material

ZMB 22225

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Cooktown, Queensland, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Papua New Guinea · Australia

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/1004571

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 semoni

Matschie, 1903

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

semoni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 22225

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

774

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39292575

Authority publication

Denkschriften der Medizinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft Jena

Name usages

  1. Hill (1963:84, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2340824) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2196)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:51) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10160) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10160) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004571) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10160/209537564) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Doryrhina semoni

(D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019)

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

semoni

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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