Cardioderma cor

Cardioderma cor

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rhinolophoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yinpterochiroptera Superfamilia: Rhinolophoidea

Familia: Megadermatidae
Genus: Cardioderma
Species: Cardioderma cor

Name

Cardioderma cor (Peters, 1872)

• Holotype: ZMB 4181, adult ♂, body in alcohol with skull removed, collected by Gerrard, date unknwon.
• Type locality: “Abyssinien [=Ethiopia]”.

Combinations

• Megaderma cor Peters, 1872: 194 [original combination]
• Cardioderma cor: Peters, 1873: 488 [subsequent combination]

Native distribution areas

• Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya.

References

Primary references

• Peters, W. 1872. Über die Arten der Chiropteren-gattung Megaderma. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1872: 192–196. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Cardioderma cor in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• Monadjem, A., Bergmans, W., Mickleburgh, S. & Hutson, A.M. 2017. IUCN: Cardioderma cor  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T3859A22136371. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T3859A22136371.en

Vernacular names

English: Heart-nosed Bat