Rhinolophus landeri

W. C. L. Martin, 1838

Lander'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

Martin, W.C.L. 1838-05-25. Mr. Martin exhibited a new Bat from Fernando Po, belonging to the genus Rhinolophus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1837:101-102.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30570986

Original name as described

Rhinolophus Landeri

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.26.250

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7befafc7-7b5b-418e-b441-cde3d892d3cd

Type locality

"Insulâ Fernando Po [= Bioko Island]," Equatorial Guinea.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Mauritania · Guinea · Liberia · Sierra Leone · Gambia · Senegal · Guinea-Bissau · Cote d'Ivoire · Mali · Burkina Faso · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Nigeria · Niger · Cameroon · Chad · Central African Republic · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · South Sudan · Sudan · Ethiopia

Taxonomy notes

previously included R. lobatus

Taxonomy notes citation

Taylor, P. J., Macdonald, A., Goodman, S. M., Kearney, T., Cotterill, F. P., Stoffberg, S., ... & Richards, L. R. (2018). Integrative taxonomy resolves three new cryptic species of small southern African horseshoe bats (Rhinolophus). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 184(4), 1249-1276.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004699

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 axillaris

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

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

axillaris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-49175

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-49175

Authority page

429

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

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

Rhinolophus Dobsoni

O. Thomas, 1904

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

dobsoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1847.5.7.49

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3b02dde1-125d-4e2a-bc6b-571bd1336da0

Authority page

156 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27733883

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Rhinolophus Landeri

W. C. L. Martin, 1838

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

landeri

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.26.250

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7befafc7-7b5b-418e-b441-cde3d892d3cd

Authority page

101

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30570986

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:36) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:49) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:144, 145) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  5. Monadjem, Schoeman, Reside, Pio, Stoffberg, Bayliss, Cotterill, Curran, Kopp & Taylor (2010:379) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1775)
  6. Happold & Happold (2013:340) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19546) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19546) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:282) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004699) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19546/21977797) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Rhinolophus landeri landeri

Simmons, 2005

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

landeri

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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