Hipposideros megalotis

(von Heuglin, 1861)

Large-eared Round-leaf 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

Heuglin, T. von. 1861. Beiträge zur Fauna der Säugetheire N.O.-Afrikas. Nova Acta Academiae Caesarea Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum 29(8):1-24.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45613524

Original name as described

Phyllorrhina megalotis

Other common names

Ethiopian Large-eared Leaf-nosed Bat · Ethiopian Large-eared Roundleaf Bat · Large-eared Leaf-nosed Bat

Type material

SMNS 984

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Keren, Bogos Land, Eritrea.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Saudi Arabia · Eritrea · Djibouti · Ethiopia · Kenya

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004620

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.

Phyllorrhina megalotis

(von Heuglin, 1861)

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

megalotis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMNS 984

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

8

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45613524

Authority publication

Nova Acta Academiae Caesarea Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum

Phyllorhina megalotis

(W. C. H. Peters, 1871)

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

megalotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

329

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36627579

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

Peters (1871:329, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36627579) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66510)

Rhinolophus megalotis

(von Heuglin, 1877)

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

megalotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

20

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36876397

Authority publication

Braunschweig

Name usages

Heuglin (1877:20, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36876397) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66584)

Hipposideros megalotis

J. Edwards Hill, 1963

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

megalotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

17

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2340891

Authority publication

Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History)

Name usages

  1. Hill (1963:17, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2340891) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2196)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:51) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:57) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Koopman (1993:174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  6. Koopman (1994:60) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  7. Yalden, Largen, Kock & Hillman (1996:87) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36072)
  8. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  9. Happold & Happold (2013:392) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  12. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:237) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004620) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  14. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10150/22101286) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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