Cloeotis percivali

O. Thomas, 1901

Percival's Trident Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Pteropodiformes
Superfamily : Rhinolophoidea
Family : Rhinonycteridae
Genus : Cloeotis

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1901-07-01. Some new African bats (including one from the Azores) and a new Galago. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)8(43):27-34.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29980030

Original name as described

Cloeotis Percivali

Other common names

African Trident-nosed Bat · East African Trident Bat · Percival's Short-eared Bat · Percival's Short-eared Trident Bat · Short-eared Trident Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1901.5.1.11

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5b5b7039-c837-4b1f-9955-efe3e93481dd

Type locality

"Takaungu, N. of Mombasa, British East Africa [= Kenya]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Kenya · Tanzania · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Zambia · Mozambique · Zimbabwe · Botswana · South Africa · Eswatini

Taxonomy notes

moved from Hipposideridae to Rhinonycteridae

Taxonomy notes citation

Foley, N. M., Thong, V. D., Soisook, P., Goodman, S. M., Armstrong, K. N., Jacobs, D. S., ... & Teeling, E. C. (2015). How and why overcome the impediments to resolution: lessons from rhinolophid and hipposiderid bats. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 32(2), 313-333.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004761

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.

Cloeotis Percivali

O. Thomas, 1901

Family

Rhinonycteridae

Root name

percivali

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1901.5.1.11

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5b5b7039-c837-4b1f-9955-efe3e93481dd

Authority page

28

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29980030

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Tate (1941:4) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2120)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:52) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:136) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:58) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Koopman (1993:170) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  6. Koopman (1994:68) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  7. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  8. Happold & Happold (2013:365) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4983) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4983) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  11. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:207) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  12. Benda, Uvizl, Mazoch, Šklíba & Červený (2022:306) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62780)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004761) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  14. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4983/22028899) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cloeotis percivali australis

A. Roberts, 1917

Family

Rhinonycteridae

Root name

australis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 1670

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

264

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50440046

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

  1. Koopman (1994:68) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

C. p. percivali

Koopman, 1994

Family

Rhinonycteridae

Root name

percivali

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

68

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Koopman (1994:68) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Cleotis percivali

Simmons, Seiffert, & Gunnell, 2016

Family

Rhinonycteridae

Root name

percivali

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

42

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57673368

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

Simmons, Seiffert & Gunnell (2016:42, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57673368) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/29148)

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