Rhinopoma microphyllum

(Brünnich, 1782)

Greater 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

Dyrenes Historie, vol. 1, 50

Original name as described

Vespertilio microphyllus

Other common names

Larger Rat-tailed Bat

Type material

ZMUC (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Arabia and Egypt. Restricted by K. F. Koopman in 1975 to "Giza, Egypt."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic · Palearctic · Indomalaya

Country distribution

Morocco · Algeria · Tunisia? · Mauritania · Senegal · Mali · Burkina Faso · Benin · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Guinea · Liberia · Sierra Leone · Togo · Niger · Nigeria · Chad · Central African Republic · Sudan · Ethiopia · Djibouti · Eritrea · Egypt · Libya? · Iran · Yemen · Oman · Saudi Arabia · Israel · Palestine · Jordan · Lebanon · Syria · United Arab Emirates · Iraq · Afghanistan · Pakistan · India · Bangladesh? · Myanmar? · Thailand? · Indonesia?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004774

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Known distribution is shown in green and predicted distribution is in yellow. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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 sumatræ

O. Thomas, 1903

Family

Rhinopomatidae

Root name

sumatrae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1900.8.2.17

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0a5647d0-8421-4b08-afac-475085de05c2

Authority page

497

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19368048

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1903:497, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19368048) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16523)

Rhinopoma kinneari

Wroughton, 1912

Family

Rhinopomatidae

Root name

kinneari

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1911.12.11.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3f9d4781-281e-4a00-91fb-3b1eb086a7e4

Authority page

767

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30222154

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Rhinopoma hadithaensis

Khajuria, 1988

Family

Rhinopomatidae

Root name

hadithaense

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

INHM 83-566-Z8

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

392

Authority publication

Records of the Zoological Survey of India

Name usages

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

Rhinopoma microphyllum tropicalis

Kock, 1969

Family

Rhinopomatidae

Root name

tropicale

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF:MAMM:33216

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

58

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft

Name usages

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

Rhinopoma microphyllum asirensis

Nader & Kock, 1983

Family

Rhinopomatidae

Root name

asirense

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF:MAMM:60890

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

147

Authority publication

Senckenbergiana biologica

Name usages

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

Rhinopoma microphyllum harrisoni

Schlitter & DeBlase, 1975

Family

Rhinopomatidae

Root name

harrisoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:350124

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e545dc2b-f45f-4f2a-9385-1355ebb498d0

Authority page

658

Authority publication

Mammalia

Name usages

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

Rhinopoma Lepsianum

W. C. H. Peters, 1859

Family

Rhinopomatidae

Root name

lepsianum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 2578

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

222

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11069574

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Vespertilio microphyllus

(Brünnich, 1782)

Family

Rhinopomatidae

Root name

microphyllum

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMUC (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

50

Authority publication

Copenhagen

Rhinopoma microphylla

Lesson, 1827

Family

Rhinopomatidae

Root name

microphylla

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

80

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207548

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:80, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207548) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Lesson (1842:33) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Rhinopoma microphyllum

C. H. Smith, 1842

Family

Rhinopomatidae

Root name

microphyllum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

132

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

  1. Smith (1842:132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  2. Fitzinger (1855:137) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65926)
  3. Thomas (1903:496, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19368047) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16523)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1980:43) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  5. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  6. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  7. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:389) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  8. Happold & Happold (2013:415) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19600) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19600) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  11. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:172) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004774) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  13. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19600/21998943) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Rhinopoma microphyllum kinneari

Simmons, 2005

Family

Rhinopomatidae

Root name

kinneari

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Rhinopoma microphyllum microphyllum

Simmons, 2005

Family

Rhinopomatidae

Root name

microphyllum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Rhinopoma microphyllum sumatrae

Simmons, 2005

Family

Rhinopomatidae

Root name

sumatrae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Rhinopoma cordofanicum

von Heuglin, 1877

Family

Rhinopomatidae

Root name

cordofanicum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

24

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36876393

Authority publication

Braunschweig

Name usages

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

Rhinopoma kinneri

Garg, 1955

Family

Rhinopomatidae

Root name

kinneri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

55

Authority publication

Current Science

Rhinopoma microphylum kineari

Bhatnagar & Parveen, 1985

Family

Rhinopomatidae

Root name

kineari

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

64

Authority publication

National Academy of Science Letters

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