Hipposideros ruber

(Noack, 1893)

Noack's 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

Noack, T. 1893-12-23. Neue Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Säugethier-Fauna von Ostafrika. Zoologische Jahrbücher 7:523-594.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39199664

Original name as described

Phyllorhina rubra

Other common names

Noack's Roundleaf Bat · Noack's Leaf-nosed Bat

Type material

ZMB 89571

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Ngerengere River, Eastern Province, Tanzania.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Senegal · Gambia · Guinea-Bissau · Guinea · Mali · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Burkina Faso · Niger · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Nigeria · Cameroon · Chad · Equatorial Guinea · São Tomé and Príncipe · Central African Republic · Republic of the Congo · Gabon · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Sudan · South Sudan · Ethiopia · Kenya · Uganda · Rwanda · Burundi · Tanzania · Angola · Zambia · Malawi · Mozambique

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004632

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 rubra

(Noack, 1893)

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

ruber

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 89571

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

586

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39199664

Authority publication

Zoologische Jahrbücher

Hipposiderus caffer centralis

Andersen, 1906

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

centralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1899.8.4.8

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4043cfcb-292d-42e2-bfcc-3eb5c1977e8e

Authority page

277

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19245495

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Hipposiderus caffer guineensis

Andersen, 1906

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

guineensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.12.1.11

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/18edcc8c-76d1-4d79-a3d7-6a544704b8c0

Authority page

278

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19245496

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Hipposideros caffer niapu

J. A. Allen in J. A. Allen, Lang, & Chapin, 1917

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

niapu

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-49414

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-49414

Authority page

431

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Hill (1963:66, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2340842) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2196)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Hipposideros caffer centralis

P. S. Kershaw, 1923

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

centralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

357

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32989859

Authority publication

Revue zoologique africaine

Name usages

  1. Kershaw (1923:357, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32989859) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17116)
  2. Hayman (1963:103) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68592)

Hipposideros caffer guineensis

G. M. Allen & Coolidge, 1930

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

guineensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

577

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61248245

Authority publication

Cambridge (Massachusetts)

Name usages

  1. Allen & Coolidge (1930:577, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61248245) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68614)
  2. Hill (1963:64, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2340844) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2196)

Hipposideros caffer ruber

J. Edwards Hill, 1963

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

ruber

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

64

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2340844

Authority publication

Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History)

Name usages

Hill (1963:64, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2340844) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2196)

Hipposideros ruber

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

ruber

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

51

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:51) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:140, 141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:57) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Koopman (1993:174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  5. Koopman (1994:63) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  6. Yalden, Largen, Kock & Hillman (1996:86) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36072)
  7. Kock, Barnett, Fahr & Ems (2002:86) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/49394)
  8. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  9. Monadjem, Schoeman, Reside, Pio, Stoffberg, Bayliss, Cotterill, Curran, Kopp & Taylor (2010:381) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1775)
  10. Happold & Happold (2013:393) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10157) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10157) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  13. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:248) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  14. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004632) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  15. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10157/22102440) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

H. r. guineensis

Koopman, 1994

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

guineensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

63

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Koopman (1994:63) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  2. Kock, Barnett, Fahr & Ems (2002:86) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/49394)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

H. r. ruber

Koopman, 1994

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

ruber

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

63

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Koopman (1994:63) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

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