Rhinolophus ziama

Fahr, Vierhaus, Hutterer, & Kock, 2002

Ziama 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

Fahr, J., Vierhaus, H., Hutterer, R. and Kock, D. 2002-12. A revision of the _Rhinolophus maclaudi_ species group with the description of a new species from West Africa (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae). Myotis 40:95-126.

Authority publication link

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jakob_Fahr/publication/209869220_A_revision_of_the_Rhinolophus_maclaudi_species_group_with_the_description_of_a_new_species_from_West_Africa_Chiroptera_Rhinolophidae/links/0912f50cd9f7351c53000000.pdf

Original name as described

Rhinolophus ziama

Type material

ZFMK:Mamm:1999.934

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"western edge of Sérédou near park station, border of ‘Réserve de la Biosphère du Massif du Ziama', Guinée Forestière, Guinea."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Guinea · Liberia · Sierra Leone

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004760

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 ziama

Fahr, Vierhaus, Hutterer, & Kock, 2002

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

ziama

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZFMK:Mamm:1999.934

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

109

Authority publication

Myotis

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Happold & Happold (2013:355) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #44786) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #44786) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:298) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004760) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44786/22068674) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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