Macronycteris vittata

(W. C. H. Peters, 1851)

Striped 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

Peters, W.C.H. 1851. Hr. Peters legte von seinem Werke über Mossambique die erste Abtheilung der Säugethiere vor, und gab die Diagnosen der darin beschriebenen und abgebildeten neuen Arten. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1851:756-759.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11056771

Original name as described

Phyllorrhina (Hipposideros) vittata

Other common names

Striped Leaf-nosed Bat

Type material

ZMB 363, ZMB 37150

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

Ibo Island, Cap Delgado Province, Mozambique.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Sierra Leone · Cote d'Ivoire · Nigeria · Central African Republic · Ethiopia · Somalia · Kenya · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Tanzania · Angola · Zambia · Malawi · Namibia · Botswana · Zimbabwe · Mozambique · South Africa

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

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004644

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.

Phyllorrhina (Hipposideros) vittata

(W. C. H. Peters, 1851)

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

vittata

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 363, ZMB 37150

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

757

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11056771

Authority publication

Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

Peters (1852:32) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61421)

Phyllorhina vittata

(Giebel, 1855)

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

vittata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

986

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45549177

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Giebel (1855:986, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45549177) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)
  2. Murray (1866:345, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580341) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Phyllorhina commersonii, var. marungensis

(Noack, 1887)

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

marungensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 6312, ZMB 86257, ZMB 86258, ZMB 86259

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

272

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10356312

Authority publication

Zoologische Jahrbücher

Name usages

  1. Noack (1887:272, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10356312) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67855)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Hipposideros Commersoni mostellum

(O. Thomas, 1904)

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

mostellum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1889.3.8.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8ab97908-658f-4db9-93b3-b9e44a7f71b5

Authority page

385

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16108471

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Hipposiderus Commersoni marungensis

(Andersen, 1906)

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

marungensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

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)

Phyllorhina commersoni marungensis

(Shortridge, 1934)

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

marungensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

52

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Shortridge (1934:52) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69309)

Hipposideros commersoni marungensis

(J. Edwards Hill, 1963)

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

marungensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

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)

Hipposideros vittatus

(Simmons, 2005)

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

vittata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Monadjem, Schoeman, Reside, Pio, Stoffberg, Bayliss, Cotterill, Curran, Kopp & Taylor (2010:381) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1775)
  3. Happold & Happold (2013:395) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)

Macronycteris vittatus

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

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

vittata

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 #135485) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #135485) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:233) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/135485/22050985) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Macronycteris vittata

Benda, Uvizl, Mazoch, Šklíba, & Červený, 2022

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

vittata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

304

Authority publication

Lynx (Praha)

Name usages

  1. Benda, Uvizl, Mazoch, Šklíba & Červený (2022:304) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62780)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004644) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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