Rhinolophus deckenii

W. C. H. Peters, 1868

Decken'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. 1868. Über Flederthiere und Amphibien. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1867:703-712.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36510984

Original name as described

Rhinolophus Deckenii

Other common names

Eastern Africa Horseshoe Bat

Type material

ZMB 3269

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Zanzibarküste [= Zanzibar Coast, mainland opposite Zanzibar Island]," Tanzania.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Uganda · Kenya · Tanzania · Mozambique

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004678

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 Deckenii

W. C. H. Peters, 1868

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

deckenii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 3269

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

705

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36510984

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Peters (1871:311, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36627561) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66510)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:54) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Koopman (1993:165) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  5. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  6. Monadjem, Schoeman, Reside, Pio, Stoffberg, Bayliss, Cotterill, Curran, Kopp & Taylor (2010:378) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1775)
  7. Happold & Happold (2013:320) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19537) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19537) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:293) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004678) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19537/21979537) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Rhinolophus deckeni

O. Thomas, 1913

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

deckeni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

314

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18635875

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1913:314, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18635875) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16327)
  2. Koopman (1994:54) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

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