Rhinolophus fumigatus

Rüppell, 1842

Rüppell'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

Rüppell, E. 1842. Beschreibung mehrerer neuer Säugethiere in der zoologischen Sammlung der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft befindlich. Museum Senckenbergianum 3(2):129-144.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45886795

Original name as described

Rhinolophus fumigatus

Other common names

Abyssinian Horseshoe Bat · Smoky Horseshoe Bat

Type material

SMF:MAMM:4372

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

Shoa, Ethiopia.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Senegal · Gambia · Guinea-Bissau · Sierra Leone · Mali · Guinea · Cote d'Ivoire · Burkina Faso · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Nigeria · Niger · Cameroon · Chad · Central African Republic · Republic of the Congo · South Sudan · Sudan · Ethiopia · Eritrea · Uganda · Kenya · Rwanda · Burundi · Tanzania · Gabon · Angola · Malawi · Mozambique · Zambia · Zimbabwe · Namibia · Botswana · South Africa

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004687

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 fumigatus

Rüppell, 1842

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

fumigatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF:MAMM:4372

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

132

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45886795

Authority publication

Museum Senckenbergianum

Name usages

  1. Giebel (1855:983, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45549174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)
  2. Murray (1866:346, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580342) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  3. Peters (1871:311, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36627561) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66510)
  4. Heuglin (1877:22, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36876395) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66584)
  5. Rochebrune (1883:93, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26187546) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43667)
  6. Hatt (1928:374) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67338)
  7. Corbet & Hill (1980:48) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  8. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:144) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  9. Corbet & Hill (1991:54) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  10. Koopman (1993:166) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  11. Koopman (1994:57) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  12. Yalden, Largen, Kock & Hillman (1996:86) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36072)
  13. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  14. Monadjem, Schoeman, Reside, Pio, Stoffberg, Bayliss, Cotterill, Curran, Kopp & Taylor (2010:378) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1775)
  15. Happold & Happold (2013:329) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  16. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19541) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  17. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19541) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  18. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:290) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  19. Benda, Uvizl, Mazoch, Šklíba & Červený (2022:302) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62780)
  20. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004687) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  21. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19541/21980197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Rhinolophus aethiops

W. C. H. Peters, 1868

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

aethiops

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 3295, ZMB 50073

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

637

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35990159

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Peters (1868:637, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35990159) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67627)
  2. Peters (1871:311, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36627561) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66510)
  3. Bocage (1889:15, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3418964) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67736)
  4. Seabra (1898:250, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61089969) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68453)
  5. Wroughton (1907:3, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34063271) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68769)
  6. Thomas (1929:100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14027)
  7. Shortridge (1934:50) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69309)
  8. Hill & Carter (1941:39) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16955)
  9. Shortridge (1942:37, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40888916) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/48770)

Rhinolophus macrocephalus

von Heuglin, 1877

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

macrocephalus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMNS 1059b, SMNS 1059

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

22

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36876395

Authority publication

Braunschweig

Name usages

  1. Heuglin (1877:22, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36876395) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66584)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Rhinolophus antinorii

Dobson, 1885

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

antinorii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

16

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8970539

Authority publication

Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1898:676, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7785898) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67728)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Rhinolophus fumigatus exsul

Andersen, 1905

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

exsul

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1901.5.6.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7b1aa792-033c-4995-badf-b42648d405b1

Authority page

74

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19243592

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Koopman (1994:58) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Rhinolophus foxi

O. Thomas, 1913

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

foxi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1913.2.5.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/452e5c42-761a-4f4a-841c-da287678847c

Authority page

314

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1913:314, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18635875) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16327)

Rhinolophus acrotis

G. M. Allen, 1914

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

acrotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

346

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30516607

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

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

Rhinolophus abæ

J. A. Allen in J. A. Allen, Lang, & Chapin, 1917

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

abae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-49113

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-49113

Authority page

428

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Rhinolophus Antiornii

Hatt, 1928

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

antiornii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling · notusedas_valid

Authority page

374

Authority publication

Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France

Name usages

Hatt (1928:374) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67338)

Rhinolophus aetiops

Zimara, 1935

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

aetiops

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

10

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Zimara (1935:10) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67232)

Rhinolophus aethiops diversus

Sanborn, 1939

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

diversus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1919.7.7.2774

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4b06cff6-4868-4f4e-a1e0-a16605c6d760

Authority page

42

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2744787

Authority publication

Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series

R. f. abae

Koopman, 1994

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

abae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

58

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Koopman (1994:58) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

R. f. aethiops

Koopman, 1994

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

aethiops

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

58

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Koopman (1994:58) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

R. f. diversus

Koopman, 1994

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

diversus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

58

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Koopman (1994:58) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

R. f. foxi

Koopman, 1994

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

foxi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

58

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Koopman (1994:58) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

R. f. fumigatus

Koopman, 1994

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

fumigatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

58

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Koopman (1994:58) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

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