Hipposideros brachyotus

(Dobson, 1874)

Dobson's Round-leaf Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Pteropodiformes
Superfamily : Rhinolophoidea
Family : Hipposideridae
Genus : Hipposideros

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Dobson, G.E. 1874. Description of new species of Chiroptera from India and Yunan. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 43:237-238.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35549608

Original name as described

Phyllorhina brachyota

Other common names

Dobson's Leaf-nosed Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1909.1.4.70

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2450145e-b978-4243-8c70-74359592bd2f

Type locality

"Central India."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

India · Bangladesh

Taxonomy notes

split from H. galeritus

Taxonomy notes citation

Srinivasulu, B., Kusuminda, T., Srinivasulu, A., Ukuwela, K.D.B., Amarasinghe, C.J., Siriwardana, S., Kaur, H., Mannakkara, A., Soisook, P., Kamalakannan, M., Yapa, W.B. and Srinivasulu, C. 2025-02-25. Taxonomic revision of the South Asian allies of _Hipposideros galeritus_ Cantor, 1846. Zootaxa 5590(4):507-530.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006931

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.

Phyllorhina brachyota

(Dobson, 1874)

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

brachyotus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1909.1.4.70

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2450145e-b978-4243-8c70-74359592bd2f

Authority page

237

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35549608

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Hipposideros brachyotus

W. W. A. Phillips, 1924

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

brachyotus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

25

Authority publication

Spolia Zeylanica

Name usages

  1. Phillips (1924:25) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67766)
  2. Phillips (1929:125) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68575)
  3. Srinivasulu, Kusuminda, Srinivasulu, Ukuwela, Amarasinghe, Siriwardana, Kaur, Mannakkara, Soisook, Kamalakannan, Yapa & Srinivasulu (2025:517) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69265)

Hipposideros galeritus brachyotus

J. Edwards Hill, 1963

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

brachyotus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

54

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2340854

Authority publication

Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History)

Name usages

  1. Hill (1963:54, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2340854) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2196)
  2. Jenkins & Hill (1981:285, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2365471) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2170)

H. g. brachyotis

Koopman, 1994

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

brachyotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

62

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Koopman (1994:62) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  2. Simmons (2005:372) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:246) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

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