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, R. dobsoni, R. axillaris, and populations now attributed to the recently described R. webalai; true R. landeri may only be distributed in central Africa, and populations in western and eastern Africa may represent a distinct species

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. · Patterson, B.D., Demos, T.C., Torrent, L., Grunwald, A.L., Montauban, C., Kerbis Peterhans, J.C., McDonough, M.M., Dick, C.W., Bartonjo, M., Schoeman, M.Corrie, Ruedas, L.A. and Juste, J. 2024-09-13. Systematics of the _Rhinolophus landeri_ complex, with evidence for 3 additional Afrotropical bat species. Journal of Mammalogy (in press).

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

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

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Known distribution is shown in green and predicted distribution is in yellow. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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

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. Giebel (1855:983, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45549174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)
  3. Peters (1871:308, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36627558) (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. Thomas (1894:138, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35990418) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69209)
  6. Shortridge (1934:51) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69309)
  7. Eisentraut (1963:82) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68788)
  8. Corbet & Hill (1980:49) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  9. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:144, 145) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  10. Corbet & Hill (1991:54) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  11. Koopman (1993:166) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  12. Koopman (1994:55) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  13. Yalden, Largen, Kock & Hillman (1996:85) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36072)
  14. Kock, Barnett, Fahr & Ems (2002:84) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/49394)
  15. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  16. Monadjem, Schoeman, Reside, Pio, Stoffberg, Bayliss, Cotterill, Curran, Kopp & Taylor (2010:379) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1775)
  17. Happold & Happold (2013:340) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  18. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19546) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  19. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19546) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  20. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:282) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  21. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004699) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  22. Patterson, Demos, Torrent, Grunwald, Montauban, Kerbis Peterhans, McDonough, Dick, Bartonjo, Schoeman, Ruedas & Juste (2024:12) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67796)
  23. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19546/21977797) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Rhinolophus Lauderi

A. Murray, 1866

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

lauderi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

346

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580342

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Murray (1866:346, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580342) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Rhinolophus landeri landeri

Eisentraut, 1963

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

landeri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

82

Authority publication

Hamburg

Name usages

  1. Eisentraut (1963:82) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68788)
  2. Koopman (1994:55) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  3. Kock, Barnett, Fahr & Ems (2002:84) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/49394)
  4. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

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