Rhinonicteris aurantia
(J. E. Gray, 1845)
Orange Diamond-faced Bat
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
Order | : Chiroptera |
Suborder | : Pteropodiformes |
Superfamily | : Rhinolophoidea |
Family | : Rhinonycteridae |
Genus | : Rhinonicteris |
Species status
Authority citation
Gray, J.E. 1845. Description of some new Australian animals. Pp. 405–411 in Eyre, E.J. (eds.). Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia, and Overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound, in the Years 1840–1. Vol. I. T. and W. Boone, London, 448 pp.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53712820Original name as described
Rhinolophus aurantius
Other common names
Golden Horseshoe Bat · Orange Horseshoe Bat · Orange Leaf-nosed Bat · Pilbara Leaf-nosed Bat
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1845.5.13.3
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a05116fb-9ea5-48b8-8b3a-2ccbcdb6ae63Type locality
"Port Essington, near the Hospital," Northern Territory, Australia.
Biogeographic realm
Australasia
Country distribution
Australia
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
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