Emballonura raffrayana

Dobson, 1879

Raffray's 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 : Emballonura

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Dobson, G.E. 1879-04. Notes on recent additions to the collection of Chiroptera in the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle at Paris, with descriptions of new and rare species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1878(4):873-883.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28519584

Original name as described

Emballonura raffrayana

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1879.10.6.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3cddbf4c-4afc-4980-8457-36496850bfbf

Type locality

"Gilolo Island." Corrected by O. Thomas in 1914 as "Mefor Island, [= Numfor Island] Geelvink Bay, Western New Guinea [= West Papua, Indonesia]."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia · Papua New Guinea · Solomon Islands

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004807

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.

Emballonura raffrayana

Dobson, 1879

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

raffrayana

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1879.10.6.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3cddbf4c-4afc-4980-8457-36496850bfbf

Authority page

876

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28519584

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1922:726, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40340252) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15187)
  2. Laurie & Hill (1954:50, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635590) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:44) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1991:49) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  6. Koopman (1993:158) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  7. Koopman (1994:44) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  8. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #7668) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #7668) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  11. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:359) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004807) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  13. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/7668/209522673) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Emballonura stresemanni

O. Thomas, 1914

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

stresemanni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1913.3.6.29

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4fd6ed77-41a2-4456-a9c1-0ac21316b4a5

Authority page

442

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18641201

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Emballonura cor

O. Thomas, 1915

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

cor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1905.1.28.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/472f76d2-5747-477a-a9c7-b1a20867479f

Authority page

139

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15612853

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Emballonura raffrayana cor

Laurie & J. Edwards Hill, 1954

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

cor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

50

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635590

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Laurie & Hill (1954:50, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635590) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
  2. Koopman (1994:44) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:359) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Emballonura raffrayana raffrayana

Laurie & J. Edwards Hill, 1954

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

raffrayana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

50

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635590

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Laurie & Hill (1954:50, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635590) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
  2. Koopman (1994:44) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:359) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Emballonura raffrayana stresemanni

Laurie & J. Edwards Hill, 1954

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

stresemanni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

50

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635590

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Laurie & Hill (1954:50, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635590) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
  2. Koopman (1994:44) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:359) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

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