Hipposideros muscinus
(O. Thomas & Doria, 1886)
Fly River Roundleaf Bat
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Chiroptera |
| Suborder | : Yinpterochiroptera |
| Superfamily | : Rhinolophoidea |
| Family | : Hipposideridae |
| Genus | : Hipposideros |
Species status
Authority citation
Thomas, O. and Doria, G. 1886-11-25. Note intorno ad alcuni Chirotteri appartenenti al Museo Civico di Genova e descrizione di due nuove specie del genere Phyllorhina. Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova 24:201-207.
Authority publication link
Original name as described
Phyllorhina muscina
Other common names
Fly River Leaf-nosed Bat
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1886.11.3.10, MNHN-ZM-MO-1886-1581, RMNH.MAM.37350
Type kind
syntypes
Type specimen URI
Type locality
"Fly River, " Western Province, Papua New Guinea.
Biogeographic realm
Australasia
Country distribution
Indonesia · Papua New Guinea
Taxonomy notes
has been included under Doryrhina based on suspected close relationship to Doryrhina cyclops, but this relationship has not been examined using molecular data at this point and it is retained under Hipposideros here for the time being
Taxonomy notes citation
Foley, N.M., Goodman, S.M., Whelan, C.V., Puechmaille, S.J. and Teeling, E. 2017. Towards navigating the Minotaur's labyrinth: Cryptic diversity and taxonomic revision within the speciose genus Hipposideros (Hipposideridae). Acta Chiropterologica 19(1):1-18. doi:10.3161/15081109ACC2017.19.1.001 · Wilson, D.E. and Mittermeier, R.A. 2019. Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 9. Bats. Lynx, Barcelona, 1008 pp. a#59249
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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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: 6 names and synonyms.
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