Rhinolophus cornutus

Temminck, 1834

Little Japanese 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

Tijdschrift Natuurl. Gesch. Physiol., vol. 1, 30 . Leiden, 1835–1841.]

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13473244

Original name as described

Rhinolophus cornutus

Other common names

Japanese Lesser Horseshoe Bat

Type material

RMNH.MAM.35188.a, RMNH.MAM.35188.b

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35188.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35188.b

Type locality

Japan.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Japan

Taxonomy notes

previously included R. pumilus and R. perditus

Taxonomy notes citation

Wu, Y., Motokawa, M., Harada, M., Thong, V.D., Lin, L.-K., Li, Y.-C. 2012. Morphometric variation in the pusillus group of teh genus Rhinolophys (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae) in East Asia. Zoological Science 29: 396-402.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004674

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 cornutus orii

Kuroda, 1924

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

orii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

Kuroda collection 930

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

4

Authority publication

Tokyo

Name usages

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

Rhinolophus cornutus

Temminck, 1834

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

cornutus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.35188.a, RMNH.MAM.35188.b

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35188.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35188.b

Authority page

30

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13473244

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:36) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Temminck (1843:14, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53607657) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38350)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:48) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  6. Smith & Xie (2008:336) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000752) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000752) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:310) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004674) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19534/8957242) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Rhinolophus cornutus cornutus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

cornutus

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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