Rhinopoma funaiolii

Benda in Benda, Reiter, Uhrin, Vallo, & Uvizl, 2026

Somali Mouse-tailed Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Chiroptera
Suborder: Yinpterochiroptera
Superfamily: Rhinolophoidea
Family: Rhinopomatidae
Genus: Rhinopoma

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Benda, P., Reiter, A., Uhrin, M., Vallo, P. and Uvizl, M. 2026-06-22. Revision of the family Rhinopomatidae (Chiroptera): a taxonomic synthesis of the morphological and molecular genetic evidence. Mammalia (in press).

Original name as described

Rhinopoma funaiolii

Type material

MF 7882

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Somalia, Puntland (Majeerteen), Galgala (also Galgalo) Oasis; 10°59'N, 49°03'E, ca. 840 m a. s. l."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Somalia

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Benda, P., Reiter, A., Uhrin, M., Vallo, P. and Uvizl, M. 2026. Revision of the family Rhinopomatidae (Chiroptera): a taxonomic synthesis of the morphological and molecular genetic evidence. Mammalia (in press). doi:10.1515/mammalia-2025-0161

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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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.

Total: 1 name and synonym.

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