Rhinolophus blasii

W. C. H. Peters, 1866

Blasius's 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

Peters, W.C.H. 1866. Über einige neue oder weniger bekannte Flederthiere. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1866:16-25.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39052571

Original name as described

Rhinolophus Blasii

Other common names

Peak-saddle Horseshoe Bat

Type material

MF 4742, SNMBR N 39345, ZMB 557

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

south-eastern Europe. Restricted by J. R. Ellerman and colleagues in 1953 to Italy.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic · Afrotropic

Country distribution

Austria? · Italy? · Croatia · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Serbia · Kosovo · Montenegro · Albania · North Macedonia · Greece · Bulgaria · Romania · Turkey · Cyprus · Syria · Lebanon · Israel · Palestine · Jordan · Egypt? · Georgia? · Armenia · Azerbaijan · Iran · Afghanistan · Pakistan · Turkmenistan · Oman · Yemen · Morocco · Algeria · Tunisia · Libya? · Ethiopia · Somalia · Eritrea · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Tanzania · Zambia · Malawi · Mozambique · Zimbabwe · Botswana · South Africa · Eswatini

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004661

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 empusa

Andersen, 1904

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

empusa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1893.7.9.33

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3cce2ef3-3fdf-46a1-9a72-285e95427f2d

Authority page

378

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27734105

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Roberts (1913:66, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439524) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)

Rhinolophus brockmani

O. Thomas, 1910

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

brockmani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1909.12.17.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e43b87ab-2b25-46da-9722-8d6b28f7d6a8 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e43b87ab-2b25-46da-9722-8d6b28f7d6a8/1677110400000

Authority page

192

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16094613

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Rhinolophus Blasii

W. C. H. Peters, 1866

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

blasii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MF 4742, SNMBR N 39345, ZMB 557

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

17

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39052571

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

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. Monadjem, Schoeman, Reside, Pio, Stoffberg, Bayliss, Cotterill, Curran, Kopp & Taylor (2010:377) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1775)
  5. Happold & Happold (2013:312) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19515) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19515) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:283) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004661) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19515/21972073) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Rhinolophus blasii meyeroehmi

Felten in Felten, Spitzenberger, & Storch, 1977

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

meyeroehmi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF:MAMM:39189

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

25

Authority publication

Senckenbergiana biologica

Name usages

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

Rhinolophus blasii andreinii

Simmons, 2005

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

andreinii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Rhinolophus blasii blasii

Simmons, 2005

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

blasii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Rhinolophus blasii empusa

Simmons, 2005

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

empusa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Rhinolophus clivosus

J. H. Blasius, 1857

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

clivosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

33

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14958586

Authority publication

Braunschweig

Name usages

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

Rhinolophus andreinii

Senna, 1905

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

andreinii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

256

Authority publication

Archivio Zoologica Italiana

Rhinolophus blasiusi

Trouessart, 1910

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

blasiusi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

9

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9372194

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

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

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