Hipposideros beatus

Andersen, 1906

Benito 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

Andersen, K.C. 1906-03-01. On _Hipposiderus caffer_, Sund., and its closest allies; with some notes on _H. fuliginosus_, Temm. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)17(99):269-283.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19245497

Original name as described

Hipposiderus beatus

Other common names

Benito Roundleaf Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1900.2.5.45

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c8aeb116-0485-4545-8bf2-4e7438894de5

Type locality

"15 miles [= 24 km] from Benito River," Río Muni, Equatorial Guinea.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Sierra Leone · Liberia · Guinea · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Togo? · Nigeria · Cameroon · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Central African Republic? · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Uganda · Tanzania?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004579

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.

Hipposiderus beatus

Andersen, 1906

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

beatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1900.2.5.45

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c8aeb116-0485-4545-8bf2-4e7438894de5

Authority page

279

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19245497

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Hipposideros beatus maximus

Verschuren, 1957

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

maximus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

IRSNB 13768

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

365

Authority publication

Brussels

Name usages

  1. Hill (1963:67, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2340841) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2196)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:247) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Hipposideros beatus

J. Edwards Hill, 1963

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

beatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

66

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2340842

Authority publication

Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History)

Name usages

  1. Hill (1963:66, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2340842) (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 (2013:373) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10112) (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/1004579) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10112/22098184) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Hipposideros beatus beatus

J. Edwards Hill, 1963

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

beatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

67

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2340841

Authority publication

Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History)

Name usages

  1. Hill (1963:67, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2340841) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2196)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:247) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

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