Rhinopoma hardwickii

J. E. Gray, 1831

Lesser 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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gray, J.E. 1831. Descriptions of some new genera and species of bats. Zoological Miscellany 1:37-38.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49831381

Original name as described

Rhinopoma Hardwickii

Other common names

Hardwicke's Lesser Mouse-tailed Bat · Lesser Rat-tailed Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1e

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1149f360-32db-4041-95e3-ee9e4fde2d2e

Type locality

"Bengal," India.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic · Palearctic · Indomalaya

Country distribution

Iraq · Iran · Afghanistan · Pakistan · India

Taxonomy notes

previously included R. cystops

Taxonomy notes citation

Hulva, P., Horáček, I., & Benda, P. (2007). Molecules, morphometrics and new fossils provide an integrated view of the evolutionary history of Rhinopomatidae (Mammalia: Chiroptera). BMC Evolutionary Biology, 7(1), 165.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004772

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.

Rhinopoma Hardwickii

J. E. Gray, 1831

Family

Rhinopomatidae

Root name

hardwickii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1e

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1149f360-32db-4041-95e3-ee9e4fde2d2e

Authority page

37

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49831381

Authority publication

Zoological Miscellany

Name usages

  1. Smith (1842:132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  2. Blyth (1863:28, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534712) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  3. Stoliczka (1872:221, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37137937) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67309)
  4. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  5. Happold & Happold (2013:412) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19599) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19599) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:175) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004772) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/82345477/21999269) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Rhinopoma hardwickei sondaicum

Van Cakenberghe & De Vree, 1994

Family

Rhinopomatidae

Root name

sondaicum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MHNG 952.21

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

16

Authority publication

Senckenbergiana biologica

Rhinopoma hardwickii hardwickii

Simmons, 2005

Family

Rhinopomatidae

Root name

hardwickii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Rhinopoma hardwickii sondaicum

Simmons, 2005

Family

Rhinopomatidae

Root name

sondaicum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Rhinopoma Hardwickei

E. Blyth, 1853

Family

Rhinopomatidae

Root name

hardwickei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

410

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40267896

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

  1. Blyth (1853:410, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40267896) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67348)
  2. Thomas (1903:497, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19368048) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16523)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:43) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:389) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)

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