Rhinopoma muscatellum

O. Thomas, 1903

Muscat 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

Thomas, O. 1903-05-01. On the species of the genus Rhinopoma. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)11(65):496-499.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19368049

Original name as described

Rhinopoma muscatellum

Other common names

Small Mouse-tailed Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1894.3.9.17

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ad001f44-8b66-4cfb-930e-89f5714d4263

Type locality

"Wadi Bani Ruha," Muscat, Arabia (Oman).

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic · Palearctic

Country distribution

Oman · United Arab Emirates · Iran · Afghanistan · Pakistan · India?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004775

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 muscatellum

O. Thomas, 1903

Family

Rhinopomatidae

Root name

muscatellum

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1894.3.9.17

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ad001f44-8b66-4cfb-930e-89f5714d4263

Authority page

498

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19368049

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1903:498, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19368049) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16523)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:43) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:127, 128) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19602) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19602) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004775) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19602/21997131) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Rhinopoma muscatellum seianum

O. Thomas, 1913

Family

Rhinopomatidae

Root name

seianum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.1.2.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/aa217878-cee8-46f5-a9e3-94d466bbce98

Authority page

90

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22099577

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Rhinopoma pusillum

O. Thomas, 1920

Family

Rhinopomatidae

Root name

pusillum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1920.1.19.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7f7b7a00-c0da-4277-8f20-86372ccc3023

Authority page

25

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30358606

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

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

Rhinopoma muscatellum muscatellum

Simmons, 2005

Family

Rhinopomatidae

Root name

muscatellum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

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