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

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

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/53712820

Original 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-2ccbcdb6ae63

Type 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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004765

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 aurantius

(J. E. Gray, 1845)

Family

Rhinonycteridae

Root name

aurantia

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1845.5.13.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a05116fb-9ea5-48b8-8b3a-2ccbcdb6ae63

Authority page

405

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53712820

Authority publication

London

Phyllorhina aurantia

(W. C. H. Peters, 1871)

Family

Rhinonycteridae

Root name

aurantia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

313

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36627563

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Rhinonycteris aurantius

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Rhinonycteridae

Root name

aurantius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

52

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:52) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Rhinonicteris aurantia

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Rhinonycteridae

Root name

aurantia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

148

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:148) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19589) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19589) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004765) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19589/209539734) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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