Rhinolophus clivosus

Cretzschmar, 1828

Geoffroy'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

Cretzschmar, P.J. 1828. [Heft 7, pl. 16-18]. Pp. 43–48 in Cretzschmar, P.J. 1826-1831. Säugethiere. Pp. 1–78 in Rüppell, E. Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika. Senckenbergische naturforschende Gesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main, 78+55+24+47+141 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37140645

Original name as described

Rhinolophus clivosus

Other common names

Arabian Horseshoe Bat · Cretzschmar's Horseshoe Bat

Type material

SMF:MAMM:4371

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

Red Sea Coast, Saudi Arabia.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic · Palearctic

Country distribution

Oman · Yemen · Saudi Arabia · Jordan · Palestine · Israel · Egypt · Libya · Algeria

Taxonomy notes

previously included R. acrotis

Taxonomy notes citation

Uvizl, M, Varadinova, Z. K, and Benda, P. 2024 Phylogenetic relationships among horseshoe bats within the Rhinolophus ferrumequinum group (Mammalia, Chiroptera). Zoologica Scripta. 2024, 00:1–18.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004669

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 acrotis brachygnathus

Andersen, 1905

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

brachygnathus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1892.9.9.7

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/41d180bd-c6f0-47da-bed0-21452a13f668

Authority page

73

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19243591

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Rhinolophus Andersoni

O. Thomas, 1904

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

andersoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1904.11.4.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d7449e1f-8698-483c-be3f-6b9245a7bb16

Authority page

156

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27733883

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Rhinolophus acrotis schwarzi

Heim de Balsac, 1934

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

schwarzi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-2006-246

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2006-246

Authority page

483

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52187864

Authority publication

Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle

Rhinolophus clivosus socotranus

Benda, Reiter, & Vallo in Benda, Nasher, Van Damme, Vallo, & Reiter, 2017

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

socotranus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMPr 90581

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

133

Authority publication

Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae

Rhinolophus clivosus

Cretzschmar, 1828

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

clivosus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF:MAMM:4371

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

47, pl. 18

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37140645

Authority publication

Frankfurt am Main

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:35) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:48) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:142, 143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  5. Monadjem, Schoeman, Reside, Pio, Stoffberg, Bayliss, Cotterill, Curran, Kopp & Taylor (2010:377) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1775)
  6. Happold & Happold (2013:316) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  7. Benda, Spitzenberger, Hanák, Andreas, Reiter, Ševčík, Šmíd & Uhrin (2014:19) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/25234)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19531) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19531) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:296) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004669) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19531/21980500) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Rhinolophus clivosus brachygnathus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

brachygnathus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Rhinolophus clivosus clivosus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

clivosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:296) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Rhinolophus clivosus schwarzi

Simmons, 2005

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

schwarzi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

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