Hipposideros nicobarulae

G. S. Miller, 1902

Nicobar 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

Authority citation

Miller, G.S., Jr. 1902-05-29. The mammals of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 24(1269):751-795.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15782663

Original name as described

Hipposideros nicobarulae

Other common names

Nicobar Roundleaf Bat · Nicobar Leaf-nosed Bat

Type material

USNM:MAMM:111874

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a4e74cb3-3592-4a54-9e13-39c97f2565c5

Type locality

"Little Nicobar Island," India.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Taxonomy notes

split from H. ater

Taxonomy notes citation

Douangboubpha, B., Bumrungsri, S., Satasook, C., Soisook, P., Hla Bu, S. S., Aul, B., ... & Bates, P. J. (2011). A new species of small Hipposideros (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae) from Myanmar and a revaluation of the taxon H. nicobarulae Miller, 1902 from the Nicobar Islands. Acta Chiropterologica, 13(1), 61-78.

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004622

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 nicobarulae

G. S. Miller, 1902

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

nicobarulae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:111874

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a4e74cb3-3592-4a54-9e13-39c97f2565c5

Authority page

781

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15782663

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

  1. Jackson & Groves (2015:247) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000526) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000526) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:256) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004622) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/80458824/95642215) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Hipposideros ater nicobarulae

J. Edwards Hill, 1963

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

nicobarulae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

30

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2340878

Authority publication

Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History)

Name usages

  1. Hill (1963:30, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2340878) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2196)
  2. Koopman (1994:60) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Jackson & Groves (2015:247) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

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