Hipposideros grandis

G. M. Allen, 1936

Grand 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, G.M. 1936. Two new races of Indian bats. Records of the Indian Museum 38:343-346.

Original name as described

Hipposideros larvatus grandis

Other common names

Grand Roundleaf Bat

Type material

ZSI 10666

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Akanti [= Hkamti], upper Chindwin River, Upper Burma [= Myanmar], 500 feet [= 152 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

China · Myanmar · Thailand · Laos · Vietnam

Taxonomy notes

the species limits between H. grandis, H. larvatus, and H. poutensis is currently unresolved and represents a species complex

Taxonomy notes citation

Yuzefovich, A. P., Artyushin, I. V., Skopin, A. E., Son, N. T., & Kruskop, S. V. (2022). Taxonomic diversity of the Hipposideros larvatus species complex (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae) in mainland Asia. Zootaxa, 5200(1), 73-95.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004602

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 grandis consonensis

Kruskop, 2015

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

consonensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-186749

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-186749

Authority page

37

Authority publication

Lynx (Praha)

Hipposideros larvatus grandis

G. M. Allen, 1936

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

grandis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSI 10666

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

345

Authority publication

Records of the Indian Museum

Name usages

Hill (1963:101, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2340771) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2196)

Hipposideros grandis

Simmons, 2005

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

grandis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:347) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136478) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136478) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:239) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004602) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136478/21986047) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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