Hipposideros obscurus

(W. C. H. Peters, 1861)

Philippine Forest 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

Peters, W.C.H. 1861. Hr. W. Peters berichtet über die von Hrn. F. Jagor bisher auf Malacca, Borneo, Java und den Philippinen gesammelten Säugethiere aus den Ordnungen der Halbaffen, Pelzflatterer und Flederthiere. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1861:706-712.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38646576

Original name as described

Phyllorhina obscura

Other common names

Philippines Forest Roundleaf Bat

Type material

ZMB 2528

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Paracali [= Paracali, Camarines Norte Province], Luzon," Philippines.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Philippines

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004623

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.

Phyllorhina obscura

(W. C. H. Peters, 1861)

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

obscurus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 2528

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

709

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38646576

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Hipposideros obscurus

J. Edwards Hill, 1963

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

obscurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

47

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2340861

Authority publication

Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History)

Name usages

  1. Hill (1963:47, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2340861) (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. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:256) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004623) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10153/22101961) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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