Hipposideros bicolor

(Temminck, 1834)

Bicolored 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

Tijdschr. Natuur. Gesch. /, i: 19, pl. i, fig. 3. "Java, Amboina, Timor." Type locality restricted to Anjer coast, northwestern J a va, by T ate (1941b).

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13473233

Original name as described

Rhinolophus bicolor

Other common names

Bicolored Roundleaf Bat

Type material

RMNH.MAM.33654.a, RMNH.MAM.33654.b

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.33654.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.33654.b

Type locality

"Java, Amboina en op Timor." Restricted by G. H. H. Tate in 1941 to "Java and Timor."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya · Australasia

Country distribution

Thailand · Malaysia · Singapore · Indonesia · Brunei · Philippines · East Timor

Taxonomy notes

includes atrox, which has been considered a distinct species

Taxonomy notes citation

Douangboubpha, B., Bumrungsri, S., Soisook, P., Satasook, C., Thomas, N. M., & Bates, P. J. (2010). A taxonomic review of the Hipposideros bicolor species complex and H. pomona (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae) in Thailand. Acta Chiropterologica, 12(2), 415-438. · Murray, S. W., Khan, F. A., Kingston, T., Zubaid, A., & Campbell, P. (2018). A new species in the Hipposideros bicolor group (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae) from Peninsular Malaysia. Acta chiropterologica, 20(1), 1-29.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004580

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 gentilis major

Andersen, 1918

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

major

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1894.1.7.6

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/37681133-f3fe-4c5b-8891-3d8816900024

Authority page

380

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22103263

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Hipposideros gentilis atrox

Andersen, 1918

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

atrox

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1901.3.9.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1ad320ad-0caa-4a10-983d-55d73e8472f4

Authority page

380

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22103263

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Hipposideros erigens

B. Lawrence, 1939

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

erigens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:35197

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:35197

Authority page

56

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2775604

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Hipposideros javanicus

Sody, 1937

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

javanicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.32178.a, RMNH.MAM.32178.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.32178.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.32178.b

Authority page

215

Authority publication

Temminckia

Name usages

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

Rhinolophus bicolor

(Temminck, 1834)

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

bicolor

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.33654.a, RMNH.MAM.33654.b

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.33654.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.33654.b

Authority page

19

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13473233

Authority publication

Tijdschrift voor Natuurlijke Geschiedenis en Physiologie

Name usages

Lesson (1842:35) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Hipposideros bicolor hilli

D. J. Kitchener in D. J. Kitchener, Konishi, & Suyanto, 1996

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

hilli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

WAM M34953

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

188

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54902287

Authority publication

Records of the Western Australian Museum

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:250) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Hipposideros bicolor selatan

D. J. Kitchener in D. J. Kitchener, Konishi, & Suyanto, 1996

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

selatan

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

WAM M35421

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

190

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54902289

Authority publication

Records of the Western Australian Museum

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:250) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Hipposideros bicolor tanimbarensis

D. J. Kitchener in D. J. Kitchener, Konishi, & Suyanto, 1996

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

tanimbarensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

WAM M44287

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

186

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54902285

Authority publication

Records of the Western Australian Museum

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:250) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Hipposideros bicolor atrox

J. Edwards Hill, 1963

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

atrox

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

28

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2340880

Authority publication

Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History)

Name usages

  1. Hill (1963:28, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2340880) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2196)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:250) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Hipposideros bicolor

J. Edwards Hill, 1963

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

bicolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

25

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2340883

Authority publication

Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History)

Name usages

  1. Hill (1963:25, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2340883) (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. Douangboubpha, Bumrungsri, Soisook, Satasook, Thomas & Bates (2010:425) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2215)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:250) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004580) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/80258800/22095301) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Hipposideros bicolor bicolor

J. Edwards Hill, 1963

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

bicolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

27

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2340881

Authority publication

Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History)

Name usages

  1. Hill (1963:27, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2340881) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2196)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:250) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Hipposideros bicolor erigens

J. Edwards Hill, 1963

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

erigens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

28

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2340880

Authority publication

Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History)

Name usages

  1. Hill (1963:28, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2340880) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2196)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:250) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Hipposideros bicolor major

J. Edwards Hill, 1963

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

major

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

28

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2340880

Authority publication

Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History)

Name usages

  1. Hill (1963:28, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2340880) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2196)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:250) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Hipposideros atrox

Douangboubpha, Bumrungsri, Soisook, Satasook, N. M. Thomas, & P. J. J. Bates, 2010

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

atrox

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

429

Authority publication

Acta Chiropterologica

Name usages

  1. Douangboubpha, Bumrungsri, Soisook, Satasook, Thomas & Bates (2010:429) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2215)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000523) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000523) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/80259774/166619528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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