Rhinolophus mehelyi

Matschie, 1901

Mehely'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

Matschie, P. 1901. Über rumänische Säugethiere. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1901:220-238.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8798633

Original name as described

Rhinolophus (Euryalus) mehelyi

Type locality

"Bukarest [= Bucharest]," Romania.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Morocco · Algeria · Tunisia · Portugal · Spain · France? · Italy · Libya · Egypt · Albania · Serbia · Romania · North Macedonia · Bulgaria · Greece · Russia · Georgia · Armenia · Azerbaijan · Turkey · Cyprus · Israel · Palestine · Jordan · Syria · Iraq · Iran · Afghanistan?

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004713

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 carpetanus

Cabrera, 1904

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

carpetanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNCN 431

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

254

Authority publication

Memorias de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural

Name usages

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

Rhinolophus mehelyi scythotauricus

Lopatin, 2023

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

scythotauricus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

PIN 5644/770

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

95

Authority publication

Doklady Biological Sciences

Rhinolophus euryale tuneti

Deleuil & Labbé, 1955

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

tuneti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:498999

Type kind

neotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d7af9c73-74fc-4945-948f-f11bc5ce8d20

Authority page

3

Authority publication

Bulletin de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de Tunisie

Euryalus barbarus

(Andersen & Matschie, 1904)

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

barbarus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 12967

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

79

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7674089

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Euryalus meridionalis

(Andersen & Matschie, 1904)

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

meridionalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 12976

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

79

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7674089

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Euryalus judaicus

(Andersen & Matschie, 1904)

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

judaicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 12978

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

80

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7674088

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Rhinolophus euryale judaicus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

judaicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Rhinolophus mehelyi mehelyi

Simmons, 2005

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

mehelyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Rhinolophus mehelyi tuneti

Simmons, 2005

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

tuneti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Rhinolophus (Euryalus) mehelyi

Matschie, 1901

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

mehelyi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

225

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8798633

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:49) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:146) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Happold & Happold (2013:345) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  5. Benda, Spitzenberger, Hanák, Andreas, Reiter, Ševčík, Šmíd & Uhrin (2014:27) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/25234)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19519) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19519) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:287) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004713) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19519/21974380) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Rhinolophus mehelyi birzebbugensis

Storch, 1974

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

birzebbugensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

407-434

Authority publication

Senckenbergiana lethaea

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