Rhinolophus alcyone

Temminck, 1853

Halcyon Horseshoe Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Temminck, C.J. 1853. Esquisses zoologiques sur la côte de Guiné. E. J. Brill, Leiden, 256 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835827

Original name as described

Rhinolophus alcyone

Type material

RMNH.MAM.35892.a, RMNH.MAM.35892.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35892.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35892.b

Type locality

"La rivière Boutry à la Guiné [= Boutry River, Guinea]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Senegal · Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Togo · Nigeria · Cameroon · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Central African Republic · South Sudan · Uganda

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004655

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 alcyone

Temminck, 1853

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

alcyone

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.35892.a, RMNH.MAM.35892.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35892.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35892.b

Authority page

80

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835827

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:48) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:142) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Happold & Happold (2013:311) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19523) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19523) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:281) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004655) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19523/21981963) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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