Rhinolophus willardi

Kerbis Peterhans & Fahr in Kerbis Peterhans, Fahr, Huhndorf, Kaleme, Plumptre, Marks, & Kizungu, 2013

Willard'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

Kerbis Peterhans, J.C., Fahr, J., Huhndorf, M.H., Kaleme, P., Plumptre, A.J., Marks, B.D. and Kizungu, R. 2013. Bats (Chiroptera) from the Albertine Rift, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, with the description of two new species of the _Rhinolophus maclaudi_ group. Bonn zoological Bulletin 62(2):186-202.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44804435

Original name as described

Rhinolophus willardi

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:195182

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=4a54c7de-999e-4f09-92b9-e5595bc50867

Type locality

"Misotschi-Kabogo highlands, north of Kalemie, Kilicha River, above the western shore of Lake Tanganyika, South Kivu Province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, 5°06'19"S, 29°03'56"E, 1880 m."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Peterhans, J. C. K., Fahr, J., Huhndorf, M. H., Kaleme, P., Plumptre, A. J., Marks, B. D., & Kizungu, R. (2013). Bats (Chiroptera) from the Albertine Rift, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, with the description of two new species of the Rhinolophus maclaudi group. Bonn Zool Bull, 62, 186-202.

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004757

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 willardi

Kerbis Peterhans & Fahr in Kerbis Peterhans, Fahr, Huhndorf, Kaleme, Plumptre, Marks, & Kizungu, 2013

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

willardi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:195182

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=4a54c7de-999e-4f09-92b9-e5595bc50867

Authority page

190

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44804435

Authority publication

Bonn zoological Bulletin

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000314) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000314) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:299) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004757) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/82346260/82347169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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