Platymops setiger

(W. C. H. Peters, 1878)

Peters's Flat-headed Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Vespertilionoidea
Family : Molossidae
Subfamily : Molossinae
Genus : Platymops

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Peters, W.C.H. 1878. Über die von Hrn. J. M. Hildebrandt während seiner letzten ostafrikanischen Reise gesammelten Säugethiere und Amphibien. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1878:194-201.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36096831

Original name as described

Mormopterus setiger

Other common names

East African Flat-headed Bat · Flat-headed Free-tailed Bat

Type material

ZMB 5265[a], ZMB 5265[b]

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

"Taita," Kenya.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

South Sudan · Ethiopia · Kenya · Uganda?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005255

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.

Platymops barbatogularis parkeri

D. L. Harrison & Fleetwood, 1960

Family

Molossidae

Root name

parkeri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1959.524

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9b342381-e8a1-496d-b927-64bed292c9ad https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9b342381-e8a1-496d-b927-64bed292c9ad/1677110400000

Authority page

270

Authority publication

Durban Museum Novitates

Name usages

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

Platymops barbatogularis

D. L. Harrison, 1956

Family

Molossidae

Root name

barbatogularis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1967.1232

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e4a1a928-04ff-4533-8009-cd4c2942a1a5

Authority page

549

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Mormopterus setiger

(W. C. H. Peters, 1878)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

setiger

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 5265[a], ZMB 5265[b]

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

196

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36096831

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:212) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Platymops Macmillani

O. Thomas, 1906

Family

Molossidae

Root name

macmillani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

500

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19245718

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Nyctinomus setiger

(Matschie, 1895)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

setiger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

27

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835420

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Matschie (1895:27, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835420) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)

Platymops setiger macmillani

R. L. Peterson, 1965

Family

Molossidae

Root name

macmillani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

19

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36250490

Authority publication

Life Sciences Contributions, Royal Ontario Museum

Name usages

  1. Peterson (1965:19, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36250490) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/21876)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Platymops setiger

R. L. Peterson, 1965

Family

Molossidae

Root name

setiger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

19

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36250490

Authority publication

Life Sciences Contributions, Royal Ontario Museum

Name usages

  1. Peterson (1965:19, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36250490) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/21876)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:81) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Happold & Happold (2013:483) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #44692) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #44692) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:663) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005255) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44692/22074935) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Platymops setiger setiger

R. L. Peterson, 1965

Family

Molossidae

Root name

setiger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

19

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36250490

Authority publication

Life Sciences Contributions, Royal Ontario Museum

Name usages

  1. Peterson (1965:19, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36250490) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/21876)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

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