Hipposideros abae

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

Aba 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

Allen, J.A., Lang, H. and Chapin, J.P. 1917-09-29. The American Museum Congo Expedition collection of bats. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 37(18):405-563.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/2246/1068

Original name as described

Hipposideros abæ

Other common names

Aba Roundleaf Bat

Type material

AMNH M-49123

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-49123

Type locality

"Aba, Uele district, Belgian Congo [= DR Congo]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Guinea-Bissau · Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Burkina Faso · Ghana · Togo · Mali? · Benin? · Nigeria · Cameroon · Chad? · Central African Republic · South Sudan · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Uganda

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004574

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 abæ

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

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

abae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-49123

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-49123

Authority page

432

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Hill (1963:97, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2340775) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2196)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:50) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:137) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  5. Happold & Happold (2013:372) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10109) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10109) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:247) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004574) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10109/22097582) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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