Macronycteris commersonii

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1813)

Commerson's Round-leaf Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Pteropodiformes
Superfamily : Rhinolophoidea
Family : Hipposideridae
Genus : Macronycteris

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. 1813. Sur un genre de chauve-souris sous le nom de Rhinolophes. Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle 20:254-266.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3553702

Original name as described

Rhinolophus Commersonii

Other common names

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

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:175972

Type kind

neotype

Type specimen URI

https://collections-zoology.fieldmuseum.org/catalogue/2674740

Type locality

"fort Dauphin, île de Madagascar." Based on neotype selection, identified by Goodman and colleagues in 2016 as "Madagascar: Province de Fianarantsoa, Parc National de l'Isalo, along Sahanafa River, near foot of Bevato Mountain, 28 km south-east of Berenty-Betsileo, 22°19.0'S, 45°17.6'E, 550 m a.s.l."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

Taxonomy notes

moved from Hipposideros to Macronycteris

Taxonomy notes citation

Foley, N. M., Goodman, S. M., Whelan, C. V., Puechmaille, S. J., & Teeling, E. (2017). Towards Navigating the Minotaur's Labyrinth: Cryptic Diversity and Taxonomic Revision within the Speciose Genus Hipposideros (Hipposideridae). Acta Chiropterologica, 19(1), 1-18.

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004640

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.

Rhinolophus Commersonii

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1813)

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

commersonii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:175972

Type kind

neotype

Type specimen URI

https://collections-zoology.fieldmuseum.org/catalogue/2674740

Authority page

263

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3553702

Authority publication

Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

  1. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1813:263, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3553702) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68392)
  2. Wiedemann (1818:118, 120, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14282527, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14282529) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69431)
  3. Wiedemann (1818:120, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14282529) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69431)
  4. Desmarest (1821:126, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523890) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
  5. Schinz (1821:167, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528924) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  6. Lesson (1827:82, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207550) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  7. Desmarest (1827:369, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25310540) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67438)
  8. Fischer (1829:137) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  9. Temminck (1834:21, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13473235) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67812)
  10. Temminck (1835:21) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59642)
  11. Lesson (1842:33) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Phyllorhina Commersonii

(W. C. H. Peters, 1871)

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

commersonii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

318

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36627568

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Peters (1871:318, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36627568) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66510)
  2. Noack (1887:272, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10356312) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67855)
  3. Bocage (1889:16, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3418970) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67736)
  4. Seabra (1898:252, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61089967) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68453)

Philorhyna Commersoni

(du Bocage, 1882)

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

commersoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

25

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16211308

Authority publication

Jornal de sciencias mathematicas, physicas e naturaes

Name usages

Bocage (1882:25, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16211308) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68546)

Phyllorhina Commersoni

(du Bocage, 1891)

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

commersoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

88

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4034468

Authority publication

Jornal de sciencias mathematicas, physicas e naturaes

Name usages

  1. Bocage (1891:88, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4034468) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67599)
  2. Shortridge (1934:52) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69309)

Hipposideros commersoni

(Matschie, 1895)

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

commersoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

21

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835414

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Matschie (1895:21, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835414) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)
  2. Thomas (1904:406, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16108492) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16275)
  3. Thomas (1929:101) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14027)
  4. Hill (1963:115, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2340757) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2196)
  5. Eisentraut (1963:86) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68788)
  6. Corbet & Hill (1980:50) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  7. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:138) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  8. Corbet & Hill (1991:56) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  9. Koopman (1993:172) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  10. Koopman (1994:67) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  11. Yalden, Largen, Kock & Hillman (1996:86) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36072)
  12. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Hipposiderus Commersoni

(Andersen, 1906)

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

commersoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

41

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51472020

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Andersen (1906:41, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51472020) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19724)
  2. Roberts (1913:66, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439524) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)

Hipposiderus Commersoni typicus

(Andersen, 1906)

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

typica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

FMNH:Mamm:175972

Type kind

neotype

Type specimen URI

https://collections-zoology.fieldmuseum.org/catalogue/2674740

Authority page

41

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51472020

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Andersen (1906:41, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51472020) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19724)

Hipposideros commersonii

(J. Eric Hill & T. D. Carter, 1941)

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

commersonii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

41

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Hill & Carter (1941:41) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16955)

Hipposideros commersoni commersoni

(J. Edwards Hill, 1963)

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

commersoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

116

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2340756

Authority publication

Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History)

Name usages

  1. Hill (1963:116, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2340756) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2196)
  2. Koopman (1994:67) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

Macronycteris commersonii

N. M. Foley, S. M. Goodman, Whelan, Puechmaille, & E. Teeling, 2017

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

commersonii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

10

Authority publication

Acta Chiropterologica

Name usages

  1. Foley, Goodman, Whelan, Puechmaille & Teeling (2017:10) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30041)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:232) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004640) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  4. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10120/22092860) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Macronycteris commersoni

A. R. Rakotoarivelo, S. M. Goodman, M. C. Schoeman, & Willows-Munro, 2019

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

commersoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

2

Authority publication

PeerJ

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10120) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Rakotoarivelo, Goodman, Schoeman & Willows-Munro (2019:2) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41578)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10120) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

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