Rhinolophus guineensis

Eisentraut, 1960

Guinean 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

Eisentraut, M. 1960-06-01. Zwei neue Rhinolophiden aus Guinea. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde 39:1-7.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34022203

Original name as described

Rhinolophus landeri guineensis

Other common names

Senegal Horseshoe Bat

Type material

SMNS 6103

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

near Tahiré, base of Kelesi Plateau, 500 m, Guinea.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Senegal · Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Gambia? · Guinea-Bissau?

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004689

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 landeri guineensis

Eisentraut, 1960

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

guineensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMNS 6103

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

1

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34022203

Authority publication

Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde

Rhinolophus guineensis

Simmons, 2005

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

guineensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Happold & Happold (2013:331) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19542) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19542) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:282) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004689) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19542/21980043) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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