Rhinolophus damarensis

A. Roberts, 1946

Damara 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

Annals of the Transvaal Museum 20: 303

Original name as described

Rhinolophus darlingi damarensis

Type material

TM 9474

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Oserikari, Okahandja district, South-west Africa [= Damaraland, Namibia]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Angola · Namibia · South Africa · Democratic Republic of the Congo

Taxonomy notes

split from R. darlingi

Taxonomy notes citation

Jacobs, D. S., Babiker, H., Bastian, A., Kearney, T., van Eeden, R., & Bishop, J. M. (2013). Phenotypic convergence in genetically distinct lineages of a Rhinolophus species complex (Mammalia, Chiroptera). PloS one, 8(12), e82614.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004676

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 darlingi damarensis

A. Roberts, 1946

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

damarensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 9474

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

303

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

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

Rhinolophus damarensis

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

damarensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

293

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000753) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000753) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:293) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004676) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/67369846/67369914) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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