Harpiocephalus harpia

(Temminck, 1840)

Hairy-winged Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Vespertilionoidea
Family : Vespertilionidae
Subfamily : Murininae
Genus : Harpiocephalus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Temminck, C.J. 1840. Livraison 3. Pp. 141–272 in Temminck, C.J. 1835-1841. Monographies de Mammalogie. Tome second. C. C. van der Hoek, Leiden, 392 pp.

Authority publication link

https://archive.org/details/monographiedema00temmgoog/page/140/mode/2up

Original name as described

Vespertilio harpia

Other common names

Lesser Hairy-winged Bat

Type material

RMNH.MAM.13470.a, RMNH.MAM.13470.b

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.13470.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.13470.b

Type locality

"l'Île de Java [Indonesia] … les caverns de la partie sud du Volcan de Guédé [= caves of the southern part of Mount Gede]." Based on lectotype selection, restricted by A. M. Husson in 1955 to "S.E. side of Mount Gede, W. Java."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic · Indomalaya · Oceania (Biorealm)

Country distribution

India · Bhutan · Myanmar · China · Taiwan · Laos · Vietnam · Thailand · Malaysia · Indonesia · Philippines

Taxonomy notes

includes mordax as a synonym

Taxonomy notes citation

Son, N. T., Csorba, G., Tu, V. T., Thong, V. D., Wu, Y., Harada, M., ... & Motokawa, M. (2015). A new species of the genus Murina (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from the Central Highlands of Vietnam with a review of the subfamily Murininae in Vietnam. Acta Chiropterologica, 17(2), 201-232.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005314

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.

Harpiocephalus mordax

O. Thomas, 1923

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

mordax

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1904.4.27.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/008f3fc9-7dd9-4e2e-be37-18453aa72e8f

Authority page

88

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47864497

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

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

Harpiocephalus harpia madrassius

O. Thomas, 1923

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

madrassius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1923.1.8.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/bcc223c2-0fe6-45c9-887c-dbaf0e80a75c

Authority page

88

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47864497

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:907) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Harpiocephalus rufulus

G. M. Allen, 1913

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

rufulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:14206

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:14206

Authority page

214

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3337719

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Vespertilio harpia

(Temminck, 1840)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

harpia

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.13470.a, RMNH.MAM.13470.b

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.13470.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.13470.b

Authority page

219

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

Temminck (1840:219) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59644)

Harpiocephalus rufus

J. E. Gray, 1842

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

rufus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

RMNH.MAM.13470.a, RMNH.MAM.13470.b

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.13470.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.13470.b

Authority page

259

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2324283

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Ocypetes cavernarum

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

cavernarum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

RMNH.MAM.13470.a, RMNH.MAM.13470.b

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.13470.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.13470.b

Authority page

30

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:30) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Lasiurus pearsonii

(Horsfield, 1851)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

pearsonii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

36

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23832314

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Blyth (1853:409, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40267895) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67348)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Vespertilio Harpyia

(H. R. Schinz, 1844)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

harpyia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

169

Authority publication

Solothurn

Name usages

Schinz (1844:169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36043)

Harpiocephalus harpia

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

harpia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

76

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:76) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:176) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Smith & Xie (2008:382) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #9736) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #9736) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:907) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005314) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/99711843/22045367) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Harpiocephalus harpia harpia

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

harpia

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 (2019:907) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Harpiocephalus harpia lasyurus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

lasyurus

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 (2019:907) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Harpiocephalus harpia rufulus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

rufulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:382) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:907) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Noctilinia lasyura

(Hodgson, 1847)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

lasyurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

896

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40126451

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Lasiurus Pearsoni

(E. Blyth, 1855)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

pearsoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

733

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40269953

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Vespertilio Pearsonii

(Tomes, 1858)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

pearsonii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

87

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32271569

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Blyth (1863:34, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534706) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)

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