Rhinolophus chiewkweeae

Yoshiyuki & Lim Boo Liat, 2005

Chiew Kwee'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

Authority citation

Yoshiyuki, M. and Lim, B.L. 2005-03-22. A new horseshoe bat, _Rhinolophus chiewkweeae_ (Chiroptera, Rhinolophidae), from Malaysia. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo (A)31(1):29-36.

Authority publication link

http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110004665380

Original name as described

Rhinolophus chiewkweeae

Type material

NSMT-M 33472

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Gunung Ledang, 2°84'N, 102°57'E, Tangkak, Muar, Johore, a submontane dipterocarp forest approximately 1276 m in elevations, Malaysia."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Malaysia

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Yoshiyuki, M., Lim, B.L. 2005. A new horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus chiewkweeae (Chiroptera, Rhinolophidae), from Malaysia. Bull. Natn. Sci. Mus., Tokyo, Ser. A. 31(1): 29-36.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004668

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

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Rhinolophus chiewkweeae

Yoshiyuki & Lim Boo Liat, 2005

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

chiewkweeae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NSMT-M 33472

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

30

Authority publication

Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000751) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000751) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:332) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004668) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/84372474/84372528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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