Hipposideros lamottei

Brosset, 1985

Lamotte's 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

Brosset, A. 1985-01-10. Chiroptères d'altitude du Mont Nimba (Guinée). Description d'une espèce nouvelle, _Hipposideros lamottei_. Mammalia 48(4):545-556.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1515/mamm.1984.48.4.545

Original name as described

Hipposideros lamottei

Other common names

Lamotte's Roundleaf Bat

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1984-487

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1984-487

Type locality

"[Mont] Pierré Richaud," Mount Nimba Range, Guinea.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004611

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 lamottei

Brosset, 1985

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

lamottei

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1984-487

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1984-487

Authority page

548

Authority publication

Mammalia

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Happold & Happold (2013:389) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:248) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004611) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10141/22091938) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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