Scoteanax rueppellii

(W. C. H. Peters, 1866)

Rüppell's Broad-nosed Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Vespertilionoidea
Family : Vespertilionidae
Subfamily : Vespertilioninae
Tribe : Eptesicini
Genus : Scoteanax

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Peters, W.C.H. 1866. Über einige neue oder weniger bekannte Flederthiere. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1866:16-25.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39052567

Original name as described

Nycticejus Rüppellii

Other common names

Greater Broad-nosed Bat

Type material

SMF:MAMM:4284

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Sydney," New South Wales, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005563

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.

Nycticejus Rüppellii

(W. C. H. Peters, 1866)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

rueppellii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF:MAMM:4284

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

21

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39052567

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Nycticeius rueppelli

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

rueppelli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

72

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:72) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Nycticeius rueppellii

(Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

rueppellii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

194

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:194) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Scoteanax rueppellii

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

rueppellii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14946) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14946) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:837) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005563) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14946/22009127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Oligotomus australis

(J. MacGillivray in Iredale, 1937)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

australis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

45

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38926593

Authority publication

Australian Zoologist

Name usages

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

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