Macronycteris cryptovalorona

(S. M. Goodman, M. C. Schoeman, A. Rakotoarivelo, & Willows-Munro, 2016)

Madagascar Cryptic 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

Authority citation

Goodman, S.M., Schoeman, M.C., Rakotoarivelo, A. and Willows-Munro, S. 2016-06. How many species of Hipposideros have occurred on Madagascar since the Late Pleistocene?. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 177(2):428-449.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12368

Original name as described

Hipposideros cryptovalorona

Other common names

Cryptic Leaf-nosed Bat · Madagascar Cryptic Roundleaf Bat · Madagascar Cryptic Leaf-nosed Bat

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:175970

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://collections-zoology.fieldmuseum.org/catalogue/2674738

Type locality

"Madagascar: Province de Fianarantsoa, Parc National de l'Isalo, along Sahanafa River, near foot of Bevato, 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

recently described; moved from Hipposideros to Macronycteris

Taxonomy notes citation

Goodman, S. M., Schoeman, M. C., Rakotoarivelo, A., & Willows-Munro, S. (2016). How many species of Hipposideros have occurred on Madagascar since the Late Pleistocene? Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 177(2), 428-449.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

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004641

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 cryptovalorona

(S. M. Goodman, M. C. Schoeman, A. Rakotoarivelo, & Willows-Munro, 2016)

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

cryptovalorona

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:175970

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://collections-zoology.fieldmuseum.org/catalogue/2674738

Authority page

443

Authority publication

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Macronycteris cryptovalorona

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

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

cryptovalorona

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. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000524) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000524) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:232) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004641) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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