Rhinolophus megaphyllus

J. E. Gray, 1834

Eastern 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

Gray, J.E. 1834-09-26. A specimen was exhibited of a Bat captured in New Holland by George Bennett, Esq., Corr. Memb. Z.S. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1834:52-53.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30568357

Original name as described

Rhinolophus megaphyllus

Other common names

Smaller Horseshoe Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1941.1509

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1a27b3ea-839b-4e5e-87da-87d182088796

Type locality

"Novâ Hollandiâ [= Australia], in cavernis prope fluvium Moorumbidjee [= in caves near the river Murrumbidgee, New South Wales]."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Papua New Guinea · Australia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004712

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 megaphyllus vandeuseni

Koopman, 1982

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

vandeuseni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-196648

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-196648

Authority page

13

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62306637

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

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

Rhinolophus megaphyllus monachus

Andersen, 1905

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

monachus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1898.4.1.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5f5e5f57-d11b-49e7-8d3d-65ed759d9229

Authority page

80

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31207541

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Rhinolophus megaphyllus

J. E. Gray, 1834

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

megaphyllus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1941.1509

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1a27b3ea-839b-4e5e-87da-87d182088796

Authority page

52

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30568357

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 (1982:145, 146) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19553) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19553) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:306) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004712) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19553/209537963) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Rhinolophus megaphyllus typicus

Andersen, 1905

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

typicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1941.1509

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1a27b3ea-839b-4e5e-87da-87d182088796

Authority page

79

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31207540

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Rhinolophus megaphyllus ignifer

G. M. Allen, 1933

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

ignifer

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:29078

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:29078

Authority page

149

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

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

Rhinolophus megaphyllus fallax

Simmons, 2005

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

fallax

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Rhinolophus megaphyllus megaphyllus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

megaphyllus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Rhinolophus fallax

Andersen, 1906

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

fallax

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

173; Plate 3

Authority publication

Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova

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