Hipposideros wollastoni

O. Thomas, 1913

Wollaston's Round-leaf 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. 1913-08-01. On new mammals obtained by the Utakwa Expedition to Dutch New Guinea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)12(68):205-212.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22099692

Original name as described

Hipposideros wollastoni

Other common names

Wollaston's Roundleaf Bat · Wollaston's Leaf-nosed Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1913.6.18.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/33957c52-7032-42c8-bcba-b7eb87f5f761

Type locality

"Utakwa River, S.W. New Guinea [= Papua Province, Indonesia]."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia · Papua New Guinea

Taxonomy notes

tentatively includes parnabyi and fasensis, which have been recognized as distinct species; 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/1004573

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 wollastoni

O. Thomas, 1913

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

wollastoni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1913.6.18.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/33957c52-7032-42c8-bcba-b7eb87f5f761

Authority page

205

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22099692

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Laurie & Hill (1954:57, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635597) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
  2. Hill (1963:83, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2340825) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2196)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:52) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1991:57) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  6. Koopman (1993:175) (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. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10166) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10166) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004573) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10166/209537699) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Hipposideros wollastoni fasensis

Flannery & D. J. Colgan, 1993

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

fasensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM M.21876

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

52

Authority publication

Records of the Australian Museum

Name usages

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

Hipposideros wollastoni parnabyi

Flannery & D. J. Colgan, 1993

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

parnabyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM M.15892

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

49

Authority publication

Records of the Australian Museum

Name usages

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

Hipposideros wollastoni wollastoni

Simmons, 2005

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

wollastoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Doryrhina wollastoni fasensis

(D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019)

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

fasensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

232

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:232) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Doryrhina wollastoni parnabyi

(D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019)

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

parnabyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

232

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:232) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Doryrhina wollastoni

(D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019)

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

wollastoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

232

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:232) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Doryrhina wollastoni wollastoni

(D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019)

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

wollastoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

232

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:232) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

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