Rhinolophus perniger

B. H. Hodgson, 1843

Northern Woolly 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

Hodgson, B.H. 1843. Notice of two Marmots inhabiting respectively the plains of Tibet and the Himalayan Slopes near to the Snows, and also of a Rhinolophus of the central region of Nepal. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 12(137):409-414.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40057799

Original name as described

Rhinolophus perniger

Other common names

Chinese Woolly Horseshoe Bat

Type locality

"central region of the Sub-Himalayas," Nepal.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic · Indomalaya

Country distribution

India · Nepal · Bhutan · Bangladesh · Myanmar · China · Thailand · Laos · Vietnam · Cambodia

Taxonomy notes

split from R. luctus; previously known as lanosus, but perniger has nomenclatural priority

Taxonomy notes citation

Volleth, M., Son, N. T., Wu, Y., Li, Y., Yu, W., Lin, L. K., ... & Harada, M. (2017). Comparative Chromosomal Studies in Rhinolophus formosae and R. luctus from China and Vietnam: Elevation of R. l. lanosus to Species Rank. Acta Chiropterologica, 19(1), 41-50. · Srinivasulu, A., Srinivasulu, B., Kusuminda, T., Amarasinghe, C., Ukuwela, K. D., Karunarathna, M., ... & Srinivasulu, C. (2023). Taxonomic status of the Lesser Woolly Horseshoe bats (Chiroptera, Rhinolophidae, Rhinolophus beddomei) in peninsular India and Sri Lanka. Zootaxa, 5301(2), 199-218.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004726

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 perniger

B. H. Hodgson, 1843

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

perniger

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

414

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40057799

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

  1. Blyth (1844:484, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40057311) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68447)
  2. Blyth (1853:409, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40267895) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67348)
  3. Horsfield (1857:394, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12860968) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36026)
  4. Blyth (1863:23, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534717) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  5. Jerdon (1867:23, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37299648) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68353)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:328) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004726) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Rhinolphus Perniger

B. H. Hodgson, 1844

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

perniger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · nomen_nudum

Authority page

286

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46405521

Authority publication

Calcutta Journal of Natural History

Name usages

Hodgson (1844:286, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46405521) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65716)

Rhinolophus lanosus

Andersen, 1905

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

lanosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1898.11.1.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/df6d55bb-45c2-4a3b-b36a-29205146287a

Authority page

248

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19214875

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000756) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000756) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

Rhinolophus lanosus spurcus

G. M. Allen, 1928

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

spurcus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-58444

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-58444

Authority page

3

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

R. l. lanosus

Koopman, 1994

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

lanosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

58

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Koopman (1994:58) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Smith & Xie (2008:338) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

R. l. perniger

Koopman, 1994

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

perniger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

58

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Koopman (1994:58) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Smith & Xie (2008:338) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

R. l. spurcus

Koopman, 1994

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

spurcus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

58

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Koopman (1994:58) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Smith & Xie (2008:338) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Rhinolophus perniger perniger

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

perniger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

328

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:328) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Rhinolophus perniger spurcus

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

spurcus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

328

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:328) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Rhinolophus pernigei

Z. Cao, K. Wang, J. Wen, C. Li, Wu Yi, Wang Xiaoyun, & Yu Wenhua, 2024

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

pernigei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

2

Authority publication

Frontiers in Zoology

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