Coleura seychellensis

W. C. H. Peters, 1868

Seychelles Sheath-tailed Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Emballonuroidea
Family : Emballonuridae
Subfamily : Emballonurinae
Tribe : Emballonurini
Genus : Coleura

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Peters, W.C.H. 1868. Über die zu den Glossophagae gehörigen Flederthiere und über eine neue Art der Gattung _Colëura_. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1868:361-368.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35989873

Original name as described

Colëura seychellensis

Type material

ZMB 3470

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

Mahé, Seychelles.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Seychelles

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004801

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.

Coleura silhouettae

O. Thomas, 1915

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

silhouettae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.3.18.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f5729b43-a410-4144-a543-1c1751f07468

Authority page

578

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256148

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Colëura seychellensis

W. C. H. Peters, 1868

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

seychellensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 3470

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

367

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35989873

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Peters (1868:367, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35989873) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66063)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:44) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:128) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:362) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004801) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5112/22089794) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Coleura seychellensis seychellensis

Simmons, 2005

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

seychellensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Coleura seychellensis silhouettae

Simmons, 2005

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

silhouettae

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 (2019:362) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

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