Rhinolophus lobatus

W. C. H. Peters, 1851

Peters'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

Authority citation

Peters, W.C.H. 1851. Hr. Peters legte von seinem Werke über Mossambique die erste Abtheilung der Säugethiere vor, und gab die Diagnosen der darin beschriebenen und abgebildeten neuen Arten. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1851:756-759.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11056771

Original name as described

Rhinolophus lobatus

Type material

ZMB 375, ZMB 2496, ZMB 24922, ZMB 24927

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

"Africa orientalis, Sena, Tette, 17° Aust.," Mozambique. Restricted by R. E. Moreau and colleagues in 1946 by stating, "of these two localities [Sena and Tette], 100 miles [= 161 km] apart, Sena, the lower down the Zambesi [River], may stand as the type-locality."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Uganda? · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Rwanda? · Burundi? · Angola · Zambia · Zimbabwe · Malawi · Mozambique · South Africa

Taxonomy notes

split from landeri and included populations now attributed to the recently described R. webalai

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

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004701

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 lobatus

W. C. H. Peters, 1851

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

lobatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 375, ZMB 2496, ZMB 24922, ZMB 24927

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

757

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11056771

Authority publication

Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Peters (1852:41) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61421)
  2. Giebel (1855:982, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45549173) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)
  3. Murray (1866:346, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580342) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  4. Peters (1871:311, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36627561) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66510)
  5. Matschie (1895:20, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835394) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)
  6. Andersen (1906:188, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43076194) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67596)
  7. Thomas (1910:192, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16094613) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10051)
  8. Allen & Loveridge (1927:421) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67782)
  9. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:283) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004701) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. Patterson, Demos, Torrent, Grunwald, Montauban, Kerbis Peterhans, McDonough, Dick, Bartonjo, Schoeman, Ruedas & Juste (2024:12) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67796)

Rhinolophus angolensis

de Seabra, 1898

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

angolensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

250

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61089969

Authority publication

Jornal de sciencias mathematicas, physicas e naturaes

Name usages

  1. Seabra (1898:250, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61089969) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68453)
  2. Seabra (1900:117) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68464)
  3. Hill & Carter (1941:39) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16955)

R. l. angolensis

Koopman, 1994

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

angolensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

55

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Koopman (1994:55) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

R. l. lobatus

Koopman, 1994

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

lobatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

55

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Koopman (1994:55) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

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