Cardioderma cor

(W. C. H. Peters, 1872)

Heart-nosed False-vampire

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Peters, W.C.H. 1872. Über die Arten der Chiropterengattung Megaderma. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1872:192-196.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35721122

Original name as described

Megaderma cor

Other common names

African False Vampire Bat · African Heart-nosed Bat · Heart-nosed Bat · Heart-nosed Big-eared Bat

Type material

ZMB 4181

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Abyssinien [= Ethiopia]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Sudan · Ethiopia · Eritrea · Djibouti · Somalia · South Sudan · Uganda · Kenya · Tanzania

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004645

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.

Megaderma cor

(W. C. H. Peters, 1872)

Family

Megadermatidae

Root name

cor

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 4181

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

194

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35721122

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

Matschie (1895:19, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835393) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)

Cardioderma cor

Dollman, 1914

Family

Megadermatidae

Root name

cor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

88

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11472368

Authority publication

Revue zoologique africaine

Name usages

  1. Dollman (1914:88, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11472368) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16563)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:47) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:135) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  5. Happold & Happold (2013:404) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #3859) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #3859) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:191) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004645) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/3859/22136371) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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