Rhinopoma hadramauticum

Benda in Benda, Reiter, M. Al-Jumaily, Nasher, & Hulva, 2009

Hadramaut Mouse-tailed Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Benda, P., Reiter, A., Al-Jumaily, M., Nasher, A.K. and Hulva, P. 2009-02-26. A new species of mouse-tailed bat (Chiroptera: Rhinopomatidae: Rhinopoma) from Yemen. Journal of the National Museum (Prague), Natural History Series 177(6):53-68.

Original name as described

Rhinopoma hadramauticum

Other common names

Yemeni Mouse-tailed Bat

Type material

NMPr P6V-092282

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Republic of Yemen, coastal part of the Hadramaut Province, town of Ash Sheher, 14° 46' N, 49° 36' E, ca. 65 m a. s. l., uninhabited house on the northern outskirts of town."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Yemen

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Benda, P., Reiter, A., Al-Jumaily, M., Nasher, A. K., & Hulva, P. (2009). A new species of mouse-tailed bat (Chiroptera: Rhinopomatidae: Rhinopoma) from Yemen. Journal of the National Museum (Prague), Natural History Series, 177, 53-68.

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

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